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Vita Storms Sales Charts - Here's How It Happened

Posted on Wednesday, March 6 @ 05:28:52 Eastern by Heath_Hindman

Last week, I noted that the Vita's sales hardware increase was "just the tip of the iceberg" and described why it was just that. As it turns out, yes indeed, Vita hardware started to fly off shelves once news of the price drop got some advertising and became mainstream knowledge. A multitude of shops had at least a few models and colors of the Vita sold out. Additionally, I noticed a lot of stores were sold out of Senran Kagura this week. One has to wonder what the numbers will look like next week. The releases of Soul Sacrifice and Tales of Hearts-R, along with some fresh stock of Vita systems will probably produce another good week for Vita. For the week of February 25 to March 3, here are the Media Create hardware and software numbers, in that order. Vita didn't take the top, but boy did it ever rise from its usual spot in the dirt.

3DS - 77,439
PSV - 62,543
PS3 - 25,725
PSP - 11,171
WIU - 10,021
WII - 1,383
360 - 486

The Vita outsold the individual SKUs of the 3DS (about 50k for the 3DSXL and 27k for the regular type), but the combined total is higher than Vita's. Still, the number represents about a 600% sales increase compared to what Vita had been averaging. Here are the software numbers:
1. (PS3) Dynasty Warriors 7
2. (3DS) Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A
3. (PSV) Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus
4. (3DS) Dragon Ball Heroes
5. (3DS) Animal Crossing: New Leaf
6. (PS3) Macross 30
7. (PSV) Phantasy Star Online 2 Special Package
8. (PS3) Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
9. (PSP) Shining Ark
10. (3DS) Dragon Quest VII
11. (3DS) Osawaritantei Nameko Daihanshoku
12. (PSP) De Capo III Plus
13. (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2
14. (3DS) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
15. (WII) Taiko Drum Master: Super Deluxe Edition
16. (PSV) Hot Shots Golf World Invitational
17. (3DS) Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb
18. (3DS) Magi: The Beginning of the Labyrinth
19. (3DS) Mario Kart 7
20. (3DS) Fantasy Life
Amid all of this, the Wii-U continued to struggle from a bad case of Nonewsoftwareitus. The month of March will give numbers junkies a fun show for sure.

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Related Games:   Dynasty Warriors 7 - Empires
Tags:   PS Vita, PSP, Wii-U, 3DS, Japan


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  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 5:42 am
    Interesting. I wonder if a price cut is incoming for the Wii U?

    Also, what the heck is that video clip of?
    1 0
  • xavier_2000_ie
    xavier_2000_ie
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 5:48 am
    I'm gonna go with "the young and the restless"
    0 2
  • pavlos
    pavlos
    Joined: Dec 2012
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 6:17 am
    Again, what would the incentive behind purchasing a Wii U be ? I think a price cut could see a sales boost, but I still don't see a reason to buy a Wii U over waiting a few months to see Micro and Sony's offerings.
    On a different note, chuffed to hear about the vita finally getting some respect :)
    0 2
  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
    Yeah, I see no reason to purchase one in the near future. New Super Mario Bros. U looks interesting, but not a system seller if you ask me.

    I am glad the Vita is getting more sales now. Hopefully they will do a price cut in the states, too.
    0 1
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 7:04 am
    Price drop and games. Hardware be damned if you don't have the software to back it up.
    0 0
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 7:19 am
    GR should do a 2013 release roundup for planned Wii U games to show exactly how lonely the list is.
    0 0
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 8:03 am
    Like this?
    gameranx.com/features/id/11907/article/all-upcoming​-games-of-2013---multi-platforms-vs-exclusives/
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 9:10 am
    That's a lot of No's for the Wii U column. And a really short exclusives list.
    0 0
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
    This list is crap. How old is it?!
    Thief 4 and Battlefield 4 aren't current-gen and Rayman Legends isn't a PiiU exclusive. And that's just at a glance.
    0 0
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 7:27 am
    Aliens . . .
    0 0
  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 8:10 am
    Glad to see the vita gaining some momentum. Its such an excellent piece of hardware. Combine that with the incredible PS+ free games and you have a real winner. All people need is decreased prices on memory cards...
    0 1
  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 8:11 am
    I see myself gradually turning Sony one again after favoring my 360 for so long.
    0 0
  • ballabert
    ballabert
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 8:17 am
    MotoGP 13 is coming out for PS3 and Vita this year. The PS3 was a no brainer, but now I'm thinking it might be cool to take my racing anywhere, especially if it has that cross functionality
    0 0
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 9:40 am
    Are they still making a profit, I guess at this point they just need to move units
    0 0
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:18 pm
    We have been saying all along...all you gotta do is the drop a price a bit and hardware starts flying off shelves. Look at the 3DS...now the Vita. Wii U, im lookin at you.
    0 1
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:21 pm
    Hopefully this will get third party devs to get out from under the blanket. There's a stigma about Sony handhelds because of the PSP piracy issues, but the Vita hasn't been hacked yet. Devs are having a really hard time. One dev currently working on it is about to give up and says he can't continue without some sort of funding because it requires 100% of his time and he has to get extra people on board.
    0 0
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
    OH yeah!
    Your move, SCEA.
    0 0
  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries
    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Mar 6th, 2013 at 6:15 pm
    WELL WE HAD CRYSIS 3 WORKING ON THIS PIECE OF POO but then all the sudden WE HAD TO DELETE EVERYTHING.
    0 0

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