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Japanese Vita top 10 sells less than 1 million units in 2012

Japanese Vita top 10 sells less than 1 million units in 2012

Wed 18 Jul 2012 8:38am GMT / 4:38am EDT / 1:38am PDT
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Data released by Famitsu indicates slow software sales for Vita in first half of the year

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The Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has released hardware and software sales information for the Vita in the first half of 2012.

According to a report on Andriasang, the top 10 games on Sony's handheld have sold less than 1 million units combined - a total of 863,032 - with recent release Persona 4: The Golden leading the pack on 188,782 units.

This is in stark contrast to 3DS software, which dominated half-year sales charts in Japan. Pokemon Black & White 2, the highest selling game on 3DS, has moved more than double the units of the entire Vita top 10.

The Vita hardware sold 790,633 units. Sony Computer Entertainment told Famitsu that the figures are in line with its expectations.

The full top 10 is listed below:

  • 01: Persona 4 The Golden (188,782)
  • 02: Hot Shots Golf 6 (118,985)
  • 03: Uncharted Golden Abyss (89,390)
  • 04: Gravity Daze/Rush (74,785)
  • 05: Dynasty Warriors Next (74,718)
  • 06: Tales of Innocence R (71,463)
  • 07: Lord of Apocalypse (69,162)
  • 08: Ragnarok Odyssey (65,318)
  • 09: Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (55,527)
  • 10: Disgaea 3 Return (54,902)

8 Comments

Franck Sauer
Creative / Tech Art Director

Fresh3d

If this doesn't take DD into account it is pretty much pointless obviously, as the platform is clearly inclined toward the digital distribution model.

Posted:11 months ago

#1

Peter Dwyer
Games Designer/Developer

Nothing more to say other than OUCH!! and I hope Sony realise this is purely down to pricing and lack of any decent software support.

Posted:11 months ago

#2

Craig Page
Programmer

Well it's priced the same as a Playstation 3, and only has a handful of games, most of which look awful. So this isn't really that surprising.

Posted:11 months ago

#3

Jim Webb
Executive Editor/Community Director

E-mpire Ltd. Co.

Pokemon B&W 2 is a DS games, not 3DS.

Posted:11 months ago

#4

Ian Brown
IT Developer / IT Infrastructure

I'd be more worried if this was the total after a 12 month release. More games will do it wonders, having less than 20 probably isn't going to make it a world wide success. Once developers get behind it a bit more and expand the software list more interest will follow.

Posted:11 months ago

#5

Michael Shamgar
Post-CEO

Nocturnal Entertainment Australia

The danger for Sony, is unless they make DD sales publicly available (and having a weekly DD chart released with figures would be great publicity) - it makes it harder for developers to do the maths, and decide to make a PSV game.

Why release a game on the PSV, when the figures show it could sell 2-5x as more copies on the 3DS?

Posted:11 months ago

#6

Bruce Everiss

Dodo.

Posted:11 months ago

#7

Andy Samson
QA Supervisor

Digital Media Exchange

I guess DD sales will prove to be even more disappointing considering the memory module is kind of pricey and doesn't sound practical. Games nowadays eats up a lot of space and there's only so little advantage versus if you carry the tiny physical media with you. You could place at least 20 of them on the same game case or protective gear you store the system on.

Posted:10 months ago

#8

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