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Vita Sales Plummet In Second Week
The PlayStation Vita racked up decent sales numbers in its first two days on store shelves (attracting 321,407 buyers), but couldn't beat out its PSP predecessor in its second week. Sales data listed by 4gamer shows the Vita only sold 72,479 units, whereas the PSP reached 101,121 consumers.
Both of these machines were crushed by 3DS' impressive 482,200 units (57.2 percent). The Wii (81,179 units) and PS3 (75,943 units) also sold more than Vita.
The decline in sales is worrisome, but not out of character for a new system launch. The 3DS also ran into slow sales in its first year. After a price drop and offering games people want to play, look at it now.
Thanks to Neogaf and Game Informer reader HK-47 for the tip!
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