Vita sales hit new low in Japan

May 17th, 2012, 14:23 Posted By: wraggster

Vita was the headline casualty in Japan as game market sales fell heavily in the seven days following the nation's Golden Week holiday period.
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Weekly hardware sales (previous week)

1. 3DS: 46,425 (91,868)
2. PS3: 12,996 (23,478)
3. PSP: 12,247 (20,033)
4. PSV: 6,340 (10,583)
5. Wii: 6,073 (15,789)
6. PS2: 1,212 (1,611)
7. X360: 1,023 (1,420)
8. DSi LL: 819 (1,097)
9. DSi: 387 (814)

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