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Following Japan's Golden Week of holidays, game hardware andsoftware sales have plunged in the country, and system sales forthe struggling PS Vita have hit a new record low. Since it's launch last December, PS Vita has had difficultybuilding any upward momentum in Japan. The portable has suffered adrought of compelling software and declining hardware sales -- lastweek, the system sold only 6,340 units. Compared to other handheld systems, that's almost half of PSP's12,247 units and a seventh of 3DS's 46,425 system sales (down from91,868). Not a single PS Vita title managed to crack Japan's top 20software sales chart last week, meaning no PS Vita game sold morethan 2,819 copies at retail in the country. "For a game platform, like Vita, the software is the key to success-- how good the software is, that is the key to business success," said Sony CEO Kaz Hirai last week . "We have to reinforce the software area in order to improve thebusiness, that is the basic line." Plenty of 3DS and PSP games appeared in the chart, but compared toGolden Week's inflated sales, all games sold around half as much ifnot less than they did during that holiday period -- with theexception of Sony's Starhawk for PlayStation 3. LightBox Interactive and SCE Santa Monica Studio's Starhawk was the only new game to appear in the top 20 last week, and ittook the #4 spot after moving 12,873 copies. It was behind Mario Party 9 for Wii, Fire Emblem: Awakening for 3DS, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City for PS3. Months-old 3DS software appears to have a stranglehold on Japan'ssoftware sales, with games like Super Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter 3G, Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus:Uprising, and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games choking the top ten chart. Full software and hardware sales charts for the May 7 to 13 periodin Japan, provided by Media Create and translated on the NeoGAFforums, are available here . Related news: PS Vita sales falter even during Japan's Golden Week Operation Raccoon City sees big Japanese debut for Resident Evil spin-off Fire Emblem 3DS makes an exceptional debut in Japan, as PS Vita sales dwindle. I am an expert from led-keychainlights.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Solar Power Keychain Manufacturer , China Key Finder Keychain, Sound Effects Keychain,and more.
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