The 3DS, PS3 and PSP again outsold the PS...

among videogame hardware systems. Vita sales fell to 12,300 units from 13,900 the prior week, which had been its weakest showing (CED Feb 21 p10). Its Japan installed base inched up to 578,800. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The 3DS easily remained Japan’s best-selling system, sales jumping to 94,700 from 67,600. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales inched up to an estimated 5 million. The PS3 remained Japan’s No. 2 system, sales flat at 22,000. The PSP repeated at No. 3, sales slipping to 14,800 from 15,900. The Wii was again No. 5, sales dipping to 7,900 from 8,200. The PS2 remained No. 6 as sales improved to 1,400 from 1,200. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 7, sales dipping to 1,000 from 1,100. The DSi LL was again No. 8, sales slipping to 900 from 1,000. The DSi remained in last place, sales flat at 700. Konami’s New Love Plus for the 3DS became the top-selling videogame in Japan its first week available, moving 105,000 copies. But its Suikoden: The Woven Web of a Century for the PSP, the prior week’s No. 1 title, fell to No. 9 in its second week as sales tumbled to 13,700 from 61,800. Sega’s Binary Domain for the PS3 reached No. 2 in its first week, moving 73,700 copies, while Square Enix’s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for the 3DS was No. 3 in its first week, selling 67,200 copies. There were four more 3DS titles in the top 10: Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7, No. 4 again despite sales dipping to 22,000 from 23,800; Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land, up one at No. 5 despite sales falling to 17,800 from 19,700; Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G, down one at No. 6, sales dropping to 17,500 from 21,300; and Capcom’s Resident Evil: Revelations, down five at No. 8 as sales fell to 15,700 from 26,100. Vita software again fared much worse than 3DS games in general. The top-selling Vita game was again Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gravity Rush, but it fell eight to No. 10 in its second week as sales tumbled to 10,200 from 43,500. There were again only three other Vita games in the entire top 50: this time, Chunsoft’s Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shiboudesu at No. 15 in its first week, with 6,500 sold; GungHo’s Ragnarok Odyssey, down 13 at No. 22 in its third week; and Namco Bandai’s Tales of Innocence R, down 20 at No. 46 in its fourth week. Acquire’s Sumioni (Ink Demons) for the Vita, No. 42 the prior week, fell out of the top 50 in its second week. Sony’s Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational for the Vita fell off the chart the prior week.