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PlayStation Vita was released in Japan this past Saturday, December 17th. In anticipation of this date, Sony was rumored to have shipped 700,000 units to retailers. Yet, if numbers reported by Famitsu (and translated by Andriasang) are to be believed, Vita didn't manage to sell even half of that number during its first 48 hours on the Japanese market.
Andriasang reported on Famitsu's numbers from Enterbrain. Enterbrain states that 321,407 PlayStation Vitas were sold on December 17th and 18th. These numbers are respectable, to be sure, but still fall short of Nintendo 3DS' first two days on the Japanese market in February, when Nintendo's handheld sold 371,326 units to consumers.
Andriasang also notes PSP's first day sales from December of 2004, when it pushed 166,074 units. Multiplying that by two gives you a sum of 332,148, above Vita's numbers for its first two days.
Could Vita's relatively weak sales be attributed to rumored issues with Vita, which Sony has already commented on? It remains to be seen, though long-haul sales figures are what are most important with PlayStation Vita, especially as a follow-up to PlayStation Portable, a wildly-successful handheld that has sold well over 70 million units worldwide.
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too bad.
Andriasang reported on Famitsu's numbers from Enterbrain. Enterbrain states that 321,407 PlayStation Vitas were sold on December 17th and 18th. These numbers are respectable, to be sure, but still fall short of Nintendo 3DS' first two days on the Japanese market in February, when Nintendo's handheld sold 371,326 units to consumers.
Andriasang also notes PSP's first day sales from December of 2004, when it pushed 166,074 units. Multiplying that by two gives you a sum of 332,148, above Vita's numbers for its first two days.
Could Vita's relatively weak sales be attributed to rumored issues with Vita, which Sony has already commented on? It remains to be seen, though long-haul sales figures are what are most important with PlayStation Vita, especially as a follow-up to PlayStation Portable, a wildly-successful handheld that has sold well over 70 million units worldwide.
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too bad.
