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

videogame hardware systems. Vita sales fell to 10,000 from 11,200 the prior week, which had been its weakest showing (CED March 5 p7). Its Japan installed base inched up to 600,000. Once again, not a single Vita game reached the top 10 videogame software chart. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The 3DS easily remained Japan’s best-selling system, but sales fell to 70,700 from 76,300. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales inched up to an estimated 5.2 million. The PS3 remained Japan’s No. 2 system, but sales soared to 65,100 from 27,100, likely driven by strong demand for Namco Bandai’s One Piece: Pirate Warriors, which became the best-selling videogame its first week available, moving 655,800 copies. The PSP repeated at No. 3 on the hardware chart, but sales dipped to 15,700 from 15,900. The Wii was again No. 5, sales growing to 8,100 from 7,900. The PS2 inched up one to No. 6, sales growing to 1,400 from 1,300. Xbox 360 dipped to No. 7 as sales fell to 1,200 from 1,500. The DSi LL was again No. 8, sales falling to only 800 from 1,000. The DSi remained in last place, sales falling to 600 from 700. Sales of Namco Bandai’s latest One Piece game dwarfed those of every other game. Its Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave for the PSP, the prior week’s No. 1 videogame, fell to No. 10 in its second week, sales tumbling to 12,400 from 85,300. The publisher had two other games in the top 10: Great Battle Full Blast for the PSP, No. 4 in its first week with 24,300 sold, and Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm Generation for the PS3, down four at No. 7 in its second week, sales falling to 17,900 from 65,800. Nintendo had three 3DS games in the top 10: Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, No. 2 in its first week with 43,200 sold; Mario Kart 7, up two at No. 6 despite sales falling to 18,900 from 20,700; and Super Mario 3D Land, down one, No. 8, sales falling to 16,100 from 21,400. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin from Marvelous AQL for the 3DS dipped one to No. 3 in its second week, sales tumbling to 27,400 from 81,100. There were two other 3DS games in the top 10: Square Enix’s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, up 10 at No. 5, sales growing to 21,500 from 10,800; and Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G, No. 9 again despite sales falling to 15,800 from 17,800. The top-selling Vita game was again Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gravity Rush, but it fell eight to No. 32 in its fourth week. There were again only two other Vita games in the entire top 50: GungHo’s Ragnarok Odyssey, down five at No. 40 in its fifth week, and Tecmo Koei’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus, down 14 at No. 41 in its second week.