PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®3, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®2 Retail Sales Exceed 6.5 Million Units ...

TOKYO , Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that holiday season(*1) retail sales of the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) portable entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 ...

Strong debuts for Armored Core V, RE: Revelations in Japan

From Software's Armored Core V and Capcom's Resident Evil: Revelations both made strong debuts in Japan last week, while Tales of Innocence R helped push PS Vita sales ahead of its predecessor. Armored Core V for PlayStation 3 was not only the top-selling game last week, it was the biggest launch ever for the mecha series -- another triumph for From Software, which has enjoyed commercial success ...

PlayStation Vita Japan sales slowest yet

PlayStation Vita sold another 15,219 units in Japan last week, but that figure marks the handheld's lowest ever weekly total. Sales fell from 22,538 the week before, according to Japanese chart company Media Create (via NeoGAF , although hardware numbers were largely down across the chart. 3DS sales shrank to 80,960, down almost 20,000 but still enough to outsell the rest of the hardware chart ...

Sony Right to Not Panic Over Vita Just Yet

Not unlike the situation Nintendo was faced with in the months after the launch of the 3DS, there has been talk of doom and gloom regarding the Vita. Sales of the new handheld have not been particularly mind-blowing in Japan since launch, and Sony has not attempted to portray its launch as anything it is not. More importantly, it has not yet begun to panic -- and nor should it. After 325,000 ...

Japan chart: Vita finally outsells the PSP

From Software's mech battler Armored Core 5 and Capcom's Resident Evil: Revelations both scored big debuts on this week's Japanese sales chart. The PlayStation 3 SKU of Armored Core took the top spot, shifting 163,906 units, with Resident Evil close on its heels at number two, with 146,559 sales. That's a solid debut for the 3DS title, outstripping first week Japanese sales of Resident Evil 4 on ...

Japan chart: Vita crawls past 500k mark

The PlayStation Vita recorded its lowest sales figures to date last week in Japan, though it has now passed the 500,000 mark. Sony's new handheld sold 18,361, down from 42,915 the week prior. That put it in fourth place in the hardware chart, with 3DS in first, PlayStation 3 second and PSP third. It was a slow week all round, with the Christmas/New Year sales bump finally winding down. The 3DS ...