3DS Maintains Dominance of the Japanese Charts

To quote a well known fat man, "Ah 3DS, dominaTING AS usual I see!"
As for the Wii U, it just needs to hold in until its second wind arrives.

The PSP is outselling the vita? that's just sad.

Just wait till Pikmin, Wario and Bayonetta and Wii U will skyrocket

Glad to see 3rd parties games on the list for the 3DS. I think if Nintendo update the WiiU to fix issues such as loading times, better navigation on the TVii, and so forth, I think Nintendo will be like "Told ya so" and watch us consumers cry with joy with the upcoming games.

That's kinda sad, I have to admit. Oh well. When new titles come out it'll easily beat PS3.

Yesterday I had to explain to some people exactly how much the 3DS is dominating Japan (and the rest of the world)

This is a perfect example of what I was explaining. Vita is dominating nothing.

@CosmiC No, it dominates the bottom of the chart.

@Gangnam-Sam

Yet the 3DS is dominating all home consoles and the vita at the top

@CosmiC

to be honest, The PSVita is actually going turn out fairly poorly. I wouldn't say that the Vita is on top of the list. because they would have to have better requirements to the Vita, and better game company's to hire to make good games. the 3DS has about 30,000,000 sales right now, and 1.8,000,000 sales on the vita. not to correct you, but I think the 3DS is winning, bot the Vita (nor Wii U and PS3)

All those people saying the Wii U is doing just fine... yeah.

@atariman

What I meant was that the 3DS is dominating the home consoles and the Vita at the top of the page.

(Should of added "At the top of the page" My mistake)

@All PSP is the better console than the Vita, lol just look at the chart XD

Overheard outside of Jack Tretton's office:

"How is this happening? We've got HD graphics, cross-compatibility with a home console, 3G wi-fi and mature games. Helen, get R&D on the phone!!!"

Looks like the Wii U is doing just fine. My guess for the reason that sales aren't higher is the bad economy. It works two-fold. One, people have less extra money to spend. Two, due to less money, people are choosing older, cheaper consoles with established libraries. Having the latest thing just isn't as important anymore. I'm sure this will change, given time and additional games.

With a number of new entries into console scene mostly if not all from the US, it'll be interesting to see how they do in the Japanese chart, look out 360 your 8th place on the chart may be threatened!!!! or not

@BluTyGer Well, atleast it's selling over 10,000 a week, it used to not even sell 5,000 in a week.

No games no sell, simple as that

@Burning_Spear Sad, but (very, very) probable. lol
The Helen part reminded me of Foghorn Leghorn, who's always calling Carol for everything. xD

wait for pikmin, smash bros., zelda, 3d mario, metroid, wonderful 101, bayonetta 2, wiiu virtual console(a real factor now considering nintendo is serious about online, and maybe f zero, starfox, and donkey kong to all come out you would swear that all these games had come out giving the doom and gloom some naysayers are showing it all comes down to that key word "patience".

@Mahe Seeing how it outsold the 360 and PSP... It obviously doesn't have the same library as the PS3 since its 6 years younger.... Wait till summer before you neh say

I can say I don't mind the PSP, But I do mind the Vita. Good thing the 3DS is dominating.

Rictofin:THATS MUSIC To My Ears!!!!!! 3DS on top you no the Usual not biggie Right Guys 3ds Top Vita Bottom

Go Nintendo!

@Ideal_Hero *Looks around
What fat man?

HAHA, YEEEAAAAH! Go Nintendo! :B

I really want Yakuza 5 and Layton vs Ace Attorney. I take it since their on that list that they are selling well? As for the Wii U, I guess I should get one since Rayman and Bayonetta will be coming soon. Still not in a hurry though.

Wow the PSP is still dominating over the Vita. Sony needs to dropped the price and fast.

@Hokori Six years ago, the Wii was selling almost 100,000 weekly at the same time period of January after its launch. It didn't have the game library that PS2 did. Yet Japanese buyers were interested in games like Wii Sports, Zelda, Excite Truck and Trauma Center.

None of these games have currently confirmed sequels for Wii U, and nothing like them in the foreseeable future. It might be years before the big names arrive, and maybe never for the smaller series.

I feel really bad for the Vita. It really is a remarkable handheld that I find to be leaps and bounds better than the 3DS in terms of power, features, capabilities, and above all, comfort. Yet it completely lacks the proper library to be anything but a paper weight. Just sad.

@Mahe The Wii was a crazy fluke though, and people were snatching them up as soon as they were back in stock. I do agree that for all we know the heavy hitters are years away and most people aren't going to by Wii U now just to wait 2-3 years for them.

I really hope the Vita picks up the pace, right now its too expensive to take a chance on in hopes of things getting better. I'd get it just because it plays PSP and PS1 games better than the PSP on top of it own games but it isn't even fully compatible with those.

@Zombie_Barioth In April 2000, around a month after the PlayStation 2's launch, it was selling around 100,000 weekly as well. Was that a crazy fluke too?

What was crazy was the Wii U launch with a lack of games and a high price. The Wii U not selling well is Nintendo's own fault.

@BluTyGer It strikes me as odd that people are still saying this, even though it's been over a year that PSP has usually outsold Vita on a weekly basis in Japan. I'm not trying to insult the system, but those are the stats.

It's weird that PSP still sells more than Vita. What would we think if DS sold more than 3DS?

@Sun The DS did outsell the 3DS for a long time in the US. PSP is still outselling Vita because Vita's game selection is really poor.

@ Sun The DS outsold the 3DS in the United States during the most recent holiday season.

Didn't Nintendo include DS, DS Lite, DSi and DS XL sales all under the banner "NDS"? Why split out 3DS and 3DS XL?

If the WIi U Can stay ahead of the PSP it should be ok. If it ever drops below the Vita it's done for.

@rjejr No they didn't, and that wasn't Nintendo, it was the tracker.

@True_Hero
I agree. I plan on getting a 3DS XL before getting a Wii U. I'd like to get both, but I just can't.

I will give Vita the nod for having better internet capability/functions (come on nintendo, fix this), but then again so does every iPod/iPhone/iPad.