Nintendo's got a pretty good reason to celebrate on the week of PlayStation Vita's European launch - its competing stereoscopic handheld, the 3DS, has passed the five million sales mark in Japan. The figure comes from Media Create, and is actual sell-through, rather than units shipped.
It did so in record time as well, a mere 52 weeks after the console's release. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo also lays claim to the previous two record holders as well - the DS topped five million unit sales in 56 weeks, and the Game Boy Advance before that in 58 weeks.
A milestone like that has got to put the willies up Sony in Japan at least, where the Vita was launched to a huge fanfare but has reportedly been struggling to stay on top of the hardware sales chart since its first week on sale.
Via Andriasang
It did so in record time as well, a mere 52 weeks after the console's release. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo also lays claim to the previous two record holders as well - the DS topped five million unit sales in 56 weeks, and the Game Boy Advance before that in 58 weeks.
A milestone like that has got to put the willies up Sony in Japan at least, where the Vita was launched to a huge fanfare but has reportedly been struggling to stay on top of the hardware sales chart since its first week on sale.
Via Andriasang
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