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Vita Crawls Along as Gravity Daze Debuts High

Posted February 16, 2012 by M.H. Williams

Another week of Media Create sales numbers (via Andriasang) is not making the Japanese run for the PlayStation Vita look any better.  For the week of February 6 through February 12, the portable continued its slump, dropping another 3,202 units to hit 13,939 units sold.  This puts the system below its predecessor the PSP, and leaves it with only 20 percent of the sales numbers for its competitor, Nintendo 3DS. 

The hardware chart is below, with the previous week’s numbers in parentheses:

  1. 3DS: 67,558 (75,018)
  2. PS3: 22,002 (23,293)
  3. PSP: 15,860 (15,847)
  4. PSV: 13,939 (17,141)
  5. Wii: 8,206 (8,814)
  6. PS2: 1,239 (481)
  7. X360: 1,139 (1,382)
  8. DSi LL: 957 (1,090)
  9. DSi: 651 (669)

On the bright side, Sony’s Gravity Daze for Vita hit #2 on the software chart for the week with 43,462 units sold.  It was beaten in the #1 spot by the new Suikoden game for PSP, Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, which sold 61,784 units.

The full software chart:

  • [PSP] 01. Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (Konami, 02.09.2012) 61,784 (NEW)
  • [PSV] 02. Gravity Daze (Sony, 02.09.2012) 43,462 (NEW)
  • [3DS] 03. Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom, 01.26.2012) 26,106 (216,241)
  • [3DS] 04. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011) 23,758 (1,484,507)
  • [3DS] 05. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011) 21,318 (1,232,343)
  • [3DS] 06. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.03.2011) 19,673 (1,330,984)
  • [PS3] 07. Gran Turismo 5 Spec II (Sony, 02.02.2012) 12,613 (34,028)
  • [PS3] 08. Armored Core V (From, 01.26.2012) 11,673 (206,354)
  • [PSV] 09. Ragnarok Odyssey (Gung-Ho, 02.02.2012) 8,117 (41,614)
  • [WII] 10. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10.13.2011) 7,896 (534,946)
  • [PS3] 11. Soul Calibur V (Namco Bandai, 02.02.2012) 7,519 (41,847)
  • [PSP] 12. Photo Girlfriend (Kadokawa, 02.02.2012) 7,361 (41,456)
  • [3DS] 13. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 01.26.2012) 7,099 (386,863)
  • [PSP] 14. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, 09.22.2011) 5,955 (191,808)
  • [3DS] 15. Rhythm Thief R (Sega, 12.15.2011) 5,888 (61,925)
  • [WII] 16. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11.11.2010) 5,867 (867,985)
  • [WII] 17. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04.10.2008) 5,527 (3,505,695)
  • [PS3] 18. Dragon Age II (Spike, 02.02.2012) 5,308 (25,236)
  • [PSP] 19. VitaminX Detective B6 (D3, 02.09.2012) 5,073 (NEW)
  • [PS3] 20. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07.08.2010) 4,654 (2,289,196)

The Vita has technically launched in the United States already, as early adopters can pick up the First Edition bundle this week.  The full launch for North America and Europe will be next week on February 22.  Can the Western launches turn the tide for Sony?

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.

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