Snuggles of success

The PS Vita managed to keep its head above water again this week, with its sales numbers boosting well above the dreaded 10k units mark in Japan.

Sony’s new handheld was unable to outsell its predecessor, the PSP, though, which was boosted by the release of the anticipated Yakuza spin-off, Black Panther 2.

The PS3 version of the Devil May Cry HD Collection finished fourth in the software charts, while the critically maligned Ninja Gaiden 3 limped into fifth.

Elsewhere, it was complete and utter domination for the Nintendo 3DS once again — we’re starting to wonder if anything can stop it at this point.

Hardware

1. 3DS: 94,011 (Last week: 64,017)
2. PS3: 25,750 (27,900)
3. PSP: 19,875 (18,633)
4. PSV: 10,302 (10,021)
5. Wii: 9,270 (8,127)
6. PS2: 1,333 (1,165)
7. X360: 1,084 (1,145)
8. DSi LL: 1,058 (853)
9. DSi: 778 (617)

Software

1. Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo, 3DS): 132,526 - NEW
2. Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter (Sega, PSP): 104,937 - NEW
3. Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition (The Pokemon Company, DS): 65,046 (Life to date: 237,073)
4. Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom, PS3): 43,791 - NEW
5. Ninja Gaiden 3 (Tecmo Koei, PS3): 29,797 - NEW
6. Mugen Souls (Compile Heart, PS3): 23,004 - NEW
7. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 22,402 (1,337,122)
8. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 20,890 (1,601,979)
9. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 20,305 (1,439,760)
10. Shining Blade (Sega, PSP): 19,032 (141,289)
11. Hakuouki Bakumatsu Musouroku (Idea Factory, PSP): 17,817 - NEW
12. Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 16,731 (99,656)
13. One Piece Pirate Musou (Namco Bandai, PS3): 16,243 (796,751)
14. Fairy Tail Zelef Kakusei (Konami, PSP): 15,377
15. Hatsune Miku and Future Stars Project Mirai (Sega, 3DS): 11,334 (116,351)
16. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL, 3DS): 9889 (147,106)
17. Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype, Vita): 8372 - NEW
18. Madoka Magika Portable (Namco Bandai, PSP): 8138 (70,546)
19. Hanaoni Yume no Tsuzuki (Idea Factory, PSP): 8023 - NEW
20. Do Love Me Seriously! R (Minato Station, PS3): 6834 - NEW

[source andriasang.com]