Half a year in and the PS Vita has sold under a million units in Japan

NewsPublish Date 18/07/2012 - 10:01am GMT+1

Only 790,633 units sold since the handheld's launch on December 17, 2011.

The PS Vita has been available in Japan for over half a year in Japan, but has only sold 790,633 units, reports Famitsu (via Andriasang).

The handheld launched on December 17, 2011 moving 324,859 units in its first week and 72,479 the week after. This means in the six months which followed only 400,000 units were sold.

Software sales are understandably pretty low, with Persona 4 The Golden the best-seller with 188,782 copies.

1: Persona 4 The Golden (188,782)
2: Hot Shots Golf 6 (118,985)
3: Uncharted Golden Abyss (89,390)
4: Gravity Daze/Rush (74,785)
5: Dynasty Warriors Next (74,718)
6: Tales of Innocence R (71,463)
7: Lord of Apocalypse (69,162)
8: Ragnarok Odyssey (65,318)
9: Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (55,527)
10: Disgaea 3 Return (54,902)

According to Famitsu, a Sony rep told the magazine that sales are in line with expectation.

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thedanyrand

I think the main problems are the lack of games which Iv brought up in other posts and I think its been covered here and games on phones and ipads. The amount of games people can get on their other mobile devices is huge and the quality of those kinds of games keep getting better. So asking someone to spend $250-300 for a gaming device when their phone can already do it is a tough sell. Then you have the games I did a quick look and saw most games on the Vita were selling for $20-40. While games like Infinity Blade are $6 and a lot are less than that it just is hard to get people to spend so much more on a handheld right now.

Posted 19:15 on 19 July 2012

pblive

In Japan you need to get those titles out that they want to buy. It's a tough market. But Sony have traditionally been strong in Japan, so that's a worry. However, it is most definitely the software, as can be seen by the recent releases that have doubled the sales of the handheld.

The issue with these figures is that the Vita started really slowly in Japan and therefore never made a big impact at launch. Recent news stories show the massive uptake after several games releases, but Sony now need to take that momentum and add to it with. More games that they want.

Posted 11:22 on 19 July 2012

Endless @ BC_Animus

Soon as I get my new PC setup i'm going straight to steam to buy Shining Force 2 :)

...And potentially Magic the Gathering: 2013

Posted 10:54 on 19 July 2012

BC_Animus

Been playing that Zen ninja game on and off on my Vita, but it's mostly gathering dust. Problem is when I'm at home I'm normally on the PC or the PS3, and I have stopped taking gaming devices to work since nowadays I usually just spend my breaks watching recorded TV shows on my Zune HD (Emmerdale, heh - I get a lot of ***** from folks for that), plus since they changed my hours earlier this year I no longer have to wait an hour for the next bus home like I used to.

Having said that, when I do pick up a portable gaming device nowadays its definitely the Vita I go for, and not for the 3DS, even though I have way more games for that (mostly old DS titles - its amazing how many old RPGs you can pick up 2nd hand for dirt cheap btw). Both console however suffers from a lack of titles I'd have to say...

Posted 10:11 on 19 July 2012