In something that happens very rarely, the PlayStation Vita beat the Nintendo 3DS last week in Japan for hardware sales, with Sony’s handheld moving 24,078 units, while both 3DS SKUs moved 23,562 units. The PlayStation Vita can attribute this win to dropping 3DS sales due to no big new releases, with the Vita also receiving 3rd Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen, which debuted in 2nd with over 128,000 in sales.
On the software charts, 3rd Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen for the PS3 was #1 after selling over 142,000 copies, with Titanfall for the Xbox 360 debuting at a rather high (for an Xbox 360 game) 9th place following sales of 10,478.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling games in Japan between April 7th – 13th, 2014, according to Media Create:
Systems (Last Week in Parentheses)
- PlayStation Vita – 24,078 (25,017)
- 3DS LL – 17,291 (22,947)
- PlayStation 4 – 13,034 (13,401)
- PlayStation 3 – 7,305 (10,871)
- 3DS – 6,271 (9,091)
- Wii U – 5,512 (7,962)
- PSP – 2,027 (2,892)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 1,220 (1,371)
- Xbox 360 – 229 (276)
Games (Lifetime in Parentheses)
- 3rd Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen (PS3) – 142,433
- 3rd Robot Wars Z: Jigoku Hen (PSV) – 128,236
- Yokai Watch (3DS) – 33,833 (720,220)
- Mario Party: Island Tour (3DS) – 28,114 (285,987)
- Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Kasukabe Eiga Stars! (3DS) – 16,409
- Mato Kurenai Yuugekitai (PSV) – 14,468
- Samurai Warriors 4 (PS3) – 13,552 (206,066)
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3) – 11,005 (190,036)
- Titanfall (360) – 10,478
- Mato Kurenai Yuugekitai (PS3) – 8,469
- J-Stars Victory VS (PS3) – 7,461 (164,418)
- Just Dance Wii U (Wii U) – 7,164 (25,567)
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS) – 6,987 (547,360)
- Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (PSV) – 6,333 (121,071)
- Pokemon X and Y (3DS) – 6,020 (4,029,314)
- Kaseki Horider: Mugen Gear (3DS) – 5,951 (136,033)
- Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2014 (PS3) – 5,609 (96,485)
- Samurai Warriors 4 (PSV) – 5,369 (74,165)
- J-Stars Victory VS (PSV) – 5,353 (139,875)
- Dark Souls II (PS3) – 5,286 (325,463)
Do you think there’s any chance the PS Vita will beat the 3DS this week? Let us know in the comments below.
