VITA Sales Hit New Low
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BY AL MCCARTHY ON FEB 16, 2012
PS Vita sales hit new lows in Japan
Sales of Sony's Vita hit lowest mark since launch
Weekly sales for the PS Vita in Japan have hit new lows according to sales data from the week of February 12th. After appearing to stabilize, the newly released handheld saw its lowest sales since releasing back in December. Sony's PSP handheld handily outsold the latest hardware, and competitors also bested the Vita with the 3DS selling around 5x more units than the PS Vita.
Nintendo's 3DS not only outsold the PS Vita, but the PS Vita and PSP combined. For good measure, the Nintendo 3DS outsold the entire family of Sony products when measuring against the PS3, PS Vita and PSP. In the week, Nintendo sold 67,558 3DS units, Sony sold 13,939 PS Vitas, 15,860 PSPs, and 22,0002 PS3s.
Consumers have been gobbling up the Nintendo 3DS since the holidays where Nintendo dominated the sales charts. A strong lineup of first party titles were the likely catalyst for this.
The PS Vita is getting ready for a worldwide release next week, with early adopters able to get their "First Edition" Vita's beginning yesterday. Sony believes that the PS Vita will see a stronger launch in the U.S. than in Japan, and has recently revealed that they have committed $50 million dollars to advertising the device as the worldwide launch rolls out.
http://attackofthefanboy.com/community/ps-vita-sales-hit-lows-japan/
PS Vita sales hit new lows in Japan
Sales of Sony's Vita hit lowest mark since launch
Weekly sales for the PS Vita in Japan have hit new lows according to sales data from the week of February 12th. After appearing to stabilize, the newly released handheld saw its lowest sales since releasing back in December. Sony's PSP handheld handily outsold the latest hardware, and competitors also bested the Vita with the 3DS selling around 5x more units than the PS Vita.
Nintendo's 3DS not only outsold the PS Vita, but the PS Vita and PSP combined. For good measure, the Nintendo 3DS outsold the entire family of Sony products when measuring against the PS3, PS Vita and PSP. In the week, Nintendo sold 67,558 3DS units, Sony sold 13,939 PS Vitas, 15,860 PSPs, and 22,0002 PS3s.
Consumers have been gobbling up the Nintendo 3DS since the holidays where Nintendo dominated the sales charts. A strong lineup of first party titles were the likely catalyst for this.
The PS Vita is getting ready for a worldwide release next week, with early adopters able to get their "First Edition" Vita's beginning yesterday. Sony believes that the PS Vita will see a stronger launch in the U.S. than in Japan, and has recently revealed that they have committed $50 million dollars to advertising the device as the worldwide launch rolls out.
http://attackofthefanboy.com/community/ps-vita-sales-hit-lows-japan/
Comments
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If its doing this bad in Japan I cant imagine things will be any better when it launches in the west next week.
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Think I'm gonna get one. Either that or a 3DS. Got a bit of traveling to do later in the year so I'm gonna need something to keep me company of long flights.
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what the ? is a vita?
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definitely gonna be getting one of these, just not right away. wait for some decent games to come out for it.
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? psp's. when that pokemon 3d made up color version come through, or a new zelda....that 3ds gon be in my pocket
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Looks nice, but there are no games I want on it.
Speaking of the PSP, I just got Final Fantasy Complete collection on mine.
Features the updated 2D graphics of FF4, looks a lot better than the DS version of FF4. Basically a rehaul of FF4 advanced.
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Its just launched in Japan with mostly Western games. It hasn't even been released anywhere else yet and people seem to take a lot of enjoyment in proclaiming that it's a flop already. People already forgetting that the 3DS sold ? all until the price dropped? Give the Vita time ffs.
