The first week in May is traditionally a huge week for video game hardware and software sales in Japan. The mix of holidays known as “Golden Week” gives millions of people time off. This is usually a time for traveling and spending disposable income on fancy new electronics. This year, most of that disposable income went to one company in particular.
Below is the hardware sales numbers:
3DS – 91,868
PS3 – 23,478
PSP – 20,033
Wii – 15,789
PSV – 10,583
DS – 1,911
PS2 – 1,611
360 – 1,420
In the Vita’s first Golden Week it sold one-third of what the 3DS did in its first Golden Week last year. To put things in perspective, Japan had just suffered a massive tsunami, the 3DS had fewer titles and the price drop had not happened.
Let’s take a look at the top 20 software sales:
1. (WII) Mario Party 9
2. (PS3) Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
3. (3DS) Fire Emblem: Awakening
4. (3DS) Super Mario Land 3D
5. (3DS) Mario Kart 7
6. (3DS) Kid Icarus: Uprising
7. (3DS) Monster Hunter 3 G
8. (3DS) Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
9. (PSP) Conception: Please Have My Children!
10. (WII) Wii Sports Resort
11. (PSP) Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
12. (3DS) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
13. (NDS) Pokemon + Nobunaga no Yabou
14. (3DS) Shin Sangoku Musou VS
15. (WII) Wii Party
16. (PS3) Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
17. (WII) Mario Kart Wii
18. (PSP) Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen
19. (3DS) Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin
20. (WII) Go Vacation
Interestingly enough, there is not a single Vita title on the list. Hopefully Sony can turn things for the Vita around before they end up in the same position they did with the PSP.
(Via PlayStation Lifestyle)