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Animal Crossing: New Leaf doubles 3DS sales in Japan

Vita sales continue to decline

Animal Crossing: New Leaf doubles 3DS sales in Japan
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T.S. Eliot might have called April the cruelest month, but for Sony it's difficult to imagine a month crueler than November.

After last week's sobering sales figures which saw sales of the PlayStation Vita slip to a record low, Sony's latest handheld has slid even further down the hardware charts in Japan, selling only a modest 4,021 units between November 5 and November 11.

Based on the numbers posted by Media Create, this is a 17 per cent decrease from last week's figure of 4,842 Vitas sold.

Sony's PlayStation Portable also slipped a bit in sales, falling from 13,868 units sold to 12,076 - yet it still managed to outsell the Vita three to one.

Meanwhile, in Nintendoville…

Nintendo's 3DS saw a substantial increase in sales this week, owing in no small part to the release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Sales for the 3DS jumped 99 per cent, surging from 93,989 units sold last week to 187,077 units sold.

Unsurprisingly, Animal Crossing: New Leaf secured the top-selling software spot for the week while New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Bravely Default Flying Fairy remained the fifth and sixth best-selling games, respectively.

Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 was the only PSP or PS Vita title to rank in the top ten for the week, coming in at the number eight position.

Matthew Diener
Matthew Diener
Representing the former colonies, Matt keeps the Pocket Gamer news feed updated when sleepy Europeans are sleeping. As a frustrated journalist, diehard gamer and recovering MMO addict, this is pretty much his dream job.