Japanese Vita sales hit new low

16 Feb 2012 at 15:55:51 by John Robertson

Sony's fancy new handheld continues to struggle in Japan. Sales for the week ending 12 February are the lowest the console has experienced thus far. 

Sales of 13,939 are down from the previous week of 17.141. To date the PS Vita's sales figures in Japan look like this:

• Week 1: 324,859
• Week 2: 72,479
• Week 3: 42,648
• Week 4: 42,915
• Week 5: 18,361
• Week 6: 15,219
• Week 7: 18,942
• Week 8: 17.141
• Week 9: 13,939

The PS Vita is due to release in North America, Australia and Europe next week, on 22 February. Today saw three of Australia's major retailers announce that they would not be stocking the system upon its initial launch. 

Sony will surely be hoping that worldwide sales are more consistent through the first two months on release than they have been in Japan.

The total weekly  hardware sales in Japan for the week ending 12 February as follows:

Weekly hardware sales

1. Nintedo 3DS: 67,558 
2. Sony PS3: 22,002 
3. Sony PSP: 15,860 
4. Sony PS Vita: 13,939 
5. Nintendo Wii: 8,206 
6. Sony PS2: 1,239 
7. Microsoft X360: 1,139
8. Nintendo DSi LL: 957 
9. Nintendo DSi: 651 

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