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Posted on Wednesday, December 21 @ 07:37:35 Eastern by


The PlayStation Vita launched this past Saturday in The Land of the Rising Sun. Famitsu's parent company Enterbrain has revealed how the PlayStation Vita performed in the region's launch, showing the PlayStation Vita to have sold 321,000 units.

Having launched on a Saturday, this only allows for two days of availablity at retail. But the Vita still performed very well. However, it was not enough to best the 3DS' launch figures.

By comparison, the 3DS managed to sell 370,000 units during the same two day time frame in Japan. Sony's first attempt at a portable system, the PSP, sold 165,000 on its first day on sale.

While the numbers are indeed strong for the PlayStation Vita, it still has a long way to go to catch up with the 3DS. Many are skeptical given the saturation of smartphones that the PlayStation Vita will ever reach the PSP's 70 million+ units sold.
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  • Daddio
    Daddio

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Dec 21st, 2011 at 9:14 am
    oh, the vita was released. i had no idea. they did such a great job advertising it ...
  • Guernica
    Guernica

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 21st, 2011 at 9:43 am
    Just in Japan though right? Might be the reason we aren't seeing ads yet.
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 21st, 2011 at 10:21 am
    Yeah, it's just in Japan. Hence "The Land of the Rising Sun". America is more like "The Land of Twilight: New Moon".
  • Vicsander
    Vicsander

    Joined: Sep 2011
    Posted: Dec 22nd, 2011 at 5:19 am
    the land of the reoccurring cheeseburger.

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