Vita Back to 5th Place in JP Hardware Sales
It’s a well known fact that Sony will be bankrupt by next weekend because of the da-da-d00med PlayStation Vita, as the system’s sales numbers have already caused layoffs, power outages, famine, dinosaur resurrection, and cancer that is somehow contagious. This cold hard fact will be driven home once again by internet analysts the world over, as the machine went right back to the fifth place spot.
For the week of January 2-8, the Japanese hardware sales figures look like this, courtesy of Media Create:
3DS: 240,819
PS3: 74,459
PSP: 71,033
Wii: 49,525
Vita: 42,915
DS: 7,536
Xbox 360: 2,738
PS2: 1,323
The New Year is when people give big amounts of money to minors in Japan, which explains every system seeing an increase. The ones with the biggest jumps, though, are the ones with the most appealing software. Strong as the Vita’s launch lineup may be, it’s tough for it to compete the 3DS’s brand new Mario games, the PSP’s seven years of great software, and Wii’s endless sea of low-priced shovelware.
Software sales had Nintendo dominating, though the PS3 and PSP did manage to sneak two games apiece into the top 20; those were Warriors Orochi 2 and Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PS3, and Monster Hunter Portable 3 and Winning Eleven 2012 for PSP.
12 Responses to “Vita Back to 5th Place in JP Hardware Sales”
I think the launch titles are focused on the western audiences. Japan needs like a monster hunter title.
Definitely.
we will see vita sales go sky high once Persona 4: the golden gets released
lol, well at least it’s still beating the xbox
i think once games start coming out then systems will start to pick up , if you don’t have really any games to play on it whats the point of buying one? i’m sure uncharted is more popular here then it is in japan?
Almost any series is more popular in its homeland than abroad, yes. Golden Abyss is currently the second-best selling Vita game behind Hot Shots Golf.
Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3 both took the #1 spots on sales charts during their Japanese debuts though, so the series is actually pretty popular here.
The system needs its Monster Hunter, that’s for sure.
well the game uncharted is a great series , i’m just saying probally not a system selling game in japan but for those who already own one. and from what i’ve heard there are pretty strong rumors saying monster hunter is coming on the vita, no word on if its a port of the 3ds game or if its a new one. not to mention when final fantasy x comes to the vita as well.
the PS Vita lineup is FAR from strong for the average japanese gamer right now. I think the majority of sales for Vita right now are from people living abroad or non-Japanese who like stuff like Uncharted. I don’t see many Japanese gamers bleeding out over US$300 to play no games.
i Could care less what the sales say about the Vita. Unless they stop selling it or something, I will be getting one. Im tired of all these articles about how the vita might fail and how expensive it is and all this other crap people come up with. The Vita is a good piece hardware and if it wasnt for all these hackers trying to get free games all the time, Sony probably wouldn’t of changed the memory format and prices probably would of been a lil cheaper. But since its the way it is, theres only two option… Purchase or dont.
I hope you’re not including this particular news piece when you complain about “these” articles because this doesn’t fall under your description >_>
Just makin’ sure here.
Vita sales went up a ‘bit’ from last weeks + cool PS3 numbers:P
Yeah, PS3 kicks all kinds of ass in Japan, and the 360 barely outmatches the 11-year old PS2. Sony could have done a better job securing at least one big japanese game for Vita’s launch. I guess they never expected major sales from the start giving the lack of appealing software for that market. However, they are sure it will pick up very quickly once the games start to roll, so I doubt they didn’t foresee this or are worried in any way about Japan. I’m certain US and EU will be totally different scenario.