The PS Vita had another weak week in Japan...
The PS Vita had another weak week in Japan as the 3DS, PS3 and PSP again outsold Sony’s new handheld system and Vita software again underperformed, according to the latest Media Create data, released Friday. The Vita again finished No.…
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4 among videogame hardware systems, with sales flat with the prior week (CED March 12 p7) at 10,000 units. Its Japan installed base inched up to 610,100. 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 dipped to 69,000 from 70,700. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales inched up to an estimated 5.22 million. The PS3 remained Japan’s No. 2 system, but sales tumbled to 34,800 from 65,100. The PSP repeated at No. 3 on the hardware chart, but sales grew to 16,200 from 15,700. The Wii was again No. 5, sales growing to 8,300 from 8,100. The PS2 remained No. 6, sales flat at 1,400. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 7, sales creeping up to 1,300 from 1,200. The DSi LL was again No. 8, sales up to 900 from 800. The DSi remained in last place, sales falling to 500 from 600. Namco Bandai’s One Piece: Pirate Warriors for the PS3 remained the best-selling videogame in its second week available despite sales tumbling to 90,100 copies from 655,800. Sega’s Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai for the 3DS was No. 2 in its first week, moving 86,700 copies. Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken for the PS3 was No. 3 in its first week, with 58,500 sold. Namco Bandai’s Mobile Suit Gundam UC for the PS3 was No. 4 in its first week, with 51,700 sold. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D for the 3DS was No. 5 in its first week, with 38,400 sold. Every other game in the top 10 was for the 3DS. Nintendo’s Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games fell four to No. 6 in its second week, sales falling to 23,600 from 43,200. Its Mario Kart 7 dipped one to No. 7, sales falling to 17,800 from 18,900, while its Super Mario 3D Land remained No. 8, sales growing to 17,300 from 16,100. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin from Marvelous AQL fell six to No. 9 as sales fell to 16,400 from 27,400. Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G dipped one to No. 10, sales falling to 14,300 from 15,800. Sony Computer Entertainment’s Unit 13 became the top-selling Vita game in its first week, but it came in at only No. 15 when factoring in all platforms, with 8,100 sold. There was only one other Vita title in the entire top 50: SCE’s Gravity Rush, the prior week’s top-selling Vita title. It fell 11 to No. 43 in its fifth week.