Japanese weekly Wii U sales fall below Vita's for the first time

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Japanese weekly Wii U hardware sales have fallen below PlayStation Vita's for the first time.Wii U sold 9633 units in Japan last week, according to number-cruncher Media Create (viaNeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=516506)). Vita sold 11,456 units - the handheld's highest weekly tally for some time. The bump is probably due to some stores acting early on the recently announced Japanese price drop (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-18-sony-announces-playstation-vita-price-drop-in-japan).That discount isn't supposed to go into effect until tomorrow, so expect Vita numbers to be higher again next week.By comparison, PlayStation 3 sold nearly double - 18,529 - what Wii U managed. And as in other weeks, 3DS was miles ahead of everything with 74,729 sales.Why are Wii U figures so low? As with Europe and the US, Japan also lacks new Wii U games. This week did see the launch of arcade shooter Tank! Tank! Tank!, but it could only muster 13th place.It doesn't help Nintendo's cause that high profile Wii U games Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 and Wii Fit U are still without a release date.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-27-japanese-weekly-wii-u-sales-fall-below-vitas-for-the-first-time