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

among videogame hardware systems. Vita sales fell to 11,200 units from 12,300 the prior week, which had been its weakest showing (CED Feb 27 p6). Its Japan installed base inched up to 590,000. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The 3DS easily remained Japan’s best-selling system, but sales fell to 76,300 from 94,700. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales inched up to an estimated 5.1 million. The PS3 remained Japan’s No. 2 system, but sales grew to 27,100 from 22,000. The PSP repeated at No. 3, but sales increased to 15,900 from 14,800. The Wii was again No. 5, sales flat at 7,900. All other systems again trailed far behind. The Xbox 360 inched up one to No. 6 as sales grew to 1,500 from 1,000. The PS2 slid one to No. 7, sales dipping to 1,300 from 1,400. The DSi LL was again No. 8, sales growing to 1,000 from 900. The DSi remained in last place, sales flat at 700. Namco Bandai’s Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave for the PSP became the best-selling game in Japan its first week available, moving 85,300 copies. Konami’s New Love Plus for the 3DS, the prior week’s No. 1 title, fell to No. 17 in its second week as sales tumbled to only 8,600 copies from 105,000. The Vita continued to be hurt by a weak slate of games. Not a single Vita title made the top 10 this time. It was a strong week for new releases on other platforms. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin from Marvelous for the 3DS was No. 2 in its first week, moving 81,100 copies. Namco Bandai’s Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm Generation for the PS3 was No. 3 in its first week, with 65,800 sold. Its I Don’t Have Many Friends Portable for the PSP was No. 4 in that title’s first week, with 57,000 sold. Capcom’s Asura’s Wrath for the PS3 was No. 5 in its first week, with 30,300 sold. Namco Bandai’s Nendoroid Generation for the PSP was No. 6 in its first week, with 22,000 sold. Its Idolmaster: Gravure For You Vol. 5 for the PS3 was No. 10 in that game’s first week, with 17,000 sold. Three more 3DS titles remained in the top 10: Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land, down two at No. 7 despite sales growing to 21,400 from 17,800; Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7, down four, No. 8, sales falling to 20,700 from 22,000; and Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G, down three, No. 9 despite sales increasing to 17,800 from 17,500. The top-selling Vita game was again Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gravity Rush, but it tumbled 14 to No. 24 in its third week. There were only two other Vita games in the entire top 50: Tecmo Koei’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, which entered the top 50 at No. 27 and GungHo’s Ragnarok Odyssey, down 13 at No. 35 in its fourth week.