3DS tops Vita in Japan, FFXIII-2 sells 500k

December 22nd, 2011, 01:24 Posted By: wraggster

3DS recorded its best ever sales week in Japan to top the Japanese hardware chart during the week ended December 18, although it had a five day head start over the just launched PS Vita.
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Last week's top-seller, Monster Hunter 3G, dropped to No.2, ahead of Mario Kart 7, Inazuma Eleven Go and Super Mario 3D Land.
The highest Vita entries were Hot Shots Golf 6 and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, which came in at No.7 and No.8 respectively.
Hardware sales (previous week)

• 3DS: 367,691 (350,321)
• PSV: 324,859
• PS3: 65,119 (44,661)
• PSP: 64,468 (51,191)
• Wii: 60,916 (46,018)
• DSi LL: 5,600 (4,007)
• X360: 3,584 (3,211)
• DSi: 3,523 (2,609)
• PS2: 1,400 (1,268)
• DS Lite: 32 (14)

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