<p>The sale of Sony&#8217;s newest handheld, the PlayStation Vita, really took off in Japan following the release of Sega&#8217;s <em>Hatsune Miku Project Diva F</em>. Sega’s newest rhythm game from sold 158,009 units during its first week while Vita hardware sales more than quadrupled to 46,877 units.</p>
<p>The week also plenty of new releases as well: <em>Devil Summoner Soul Hackers</em> sold 73,690 units and <em>Senran Kagura Burst</em> sold 70,569 units.</p>
<p>Below is the full list of the Enterbrain software chart from August 27 through September 2, as reported by <a href="http://www.famitsu.com/news/201209/05020723.html">Famitsu.com</a>. The release date, publisher and life-to-date sales are in parentheses.</p>
<ul>
<li>[PSV] 01. Hatsune Miku Project Diva F (Sega, 08.30.2012): 158,009 (NEW)</li>
<li>[3DS] 02. Devil Summoner Soul Hackers (Atlus, 08.30.2012): 73,690 (NEW)</li>
<li>[3DS] 03. Senran Kagura Burst (MAQL, 08.30.2012): 70,569 (NEW)</li>
<li>[3DS] 04. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07.28.2012): 55,028 (1,068,878)</li>
<li>[PS3] 05. Neptune V (Compile Hearts, 08.30.2012): 35,670 (NEW)</li>
<li>[PSP] 06. Gundam Age (Namco Bandai, 08.30.2012): 32,782 (NEW)</li>
<li>[PS3] 07. Aqua Pazza (Aqua Plus, 08.30.2012): 28,806 (NEW)</li>
<li>[PS3] 08. Sengoku Basara HD Collection (Capcom, 08.30.2012): 27,551 (NEW)</li>
<li>[NDS] 09. Pokemon Black &; White 2 (Pokemon, 06.23.2012): 27,198 (2,692,626)</li>
<li>[PSP] 10. Rurouni Kenshin (Namco Bandai, 08.30.2012): 16,610 (NEW)</li>
<li>[WII] 11. Dragon Quest X (Square Enix, 08.02.2012): 13,616 (570,365)</li>
<li>[3DS] 12. Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07.05.2012): 11,879 (108,643)</li>
<li>[3DS] 13. Taiko Drum Master Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Bamco Nandai, 07.12.2012): 10,860 (194,260)</li>
<li>[WII] 14. Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo, 07.26.2012): 10,599 (160,527)</li>
<li>[3DS] 15. Kobito Zukan Kobito Kansatsu Set (Columbia, 07.26.2012): 10,576 (82,188)</li>
<li>[3DS] 16. Demon Training (Nintendo, 07.28.2012): 10,567 (142,593)</li>
<li>[PSP] 17. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (5pb., 08.30.2012): 9,830 (NEW)</li>
<li>[3DS] 18. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 7,080 (1,541,209)</li>
<li>[WII] 19. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 06.25.2009): 7,050 (2,985,612)</li>
<li>[PSP] 20. Genroh (Idea Factory, 08.30.2012): 6,473 (NEW)</li>
<li>[WII] 21. Kirby 20th Anniversary Special Collection (Nintendo, 07.19.2012): 5,403 (183,430)</li>
<li>[WII] 22. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 5,167 (531,545)</li>
<li>[PS3] 23. Spec Ops The Line (Take-2, 08.30.2012): 5,155 (NEW)</li>
<li>[WII] 24. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai, 11.23.2011): 5,031 (284,286)</li>
<li>[PSP] 25. Custom Drive (D3 Publisher, 08.30.2012): 5,018 (NEW)</li>
<li>[3DS] 26. Little Battler eXperience Baku Boost (Level-5, 07.05.2012): 4,969 (129,311)</li>
<li>[PSP] 27. Kuroko&#8217;s Basketball (Namco Bandai, 09.09.2012): 4,748 (58,715)</li>
<li>[PS3] 28. Persona 4 Arena (Atlus, 07.26.2012): 4,316 (163,425)</li>
<li>[3DS] 29. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 4,118 (1,795,180)</li>
<li>[PSP] 30. Bakemonogatari Portable (Namco Bandai, 07.28.2012): 3,966 (38,479)</li>
</ul>
<p>Here&#8217;s Enterbrain&#8217;s hardware chart covering 08.27.2012 to 09.02.2012. Last week&#8217;s sales are in parentheses.</p>
<ul>
<li>Nintendo 3DS: 67,926 (64,921)</li>
<li>PlayStation Vita: 46,877 (9,751)</li>
<li>PlayStation 3: 12,846 (12,243)</li>
<li>PlayStation Portable: 10,918 (10,676)</li>
<li>Wii: 8,038 (8,476)</li>
<li>Xbox 360: 525 (563)</li>
<li>PlayStation 2: 411 (439)</li>
<li>Nintendo DSi: 279 (311) </li>
</ul>
<p>(Via Adriasang)</p>

PlayStation Vita Sales Skyrocket in Japan
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