Vita knocks New 3DS LL out of top slot on Media Create charts

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson News Editor

Published on Feb. 25, 2015

Thanks to four new titles, one of which was God Eater 2: Rage Burst, PlayStation Vita has knocked New 3DS LL out of the top slot on the Media Create charts in Japan.

The handheld, which came in thrid place last week, moved 35,203 units for the February 16-22 period, compared to 10,901 units the prior week.

PlayStation 4, which tends to hold the second slot on the chart more often than not as of late, moved 24,737 units, up from 21,381 last week.

New 3DS LL took third place with with 23,466 units moved, down from 41,821 during Majora's Mask 3D launch week.

Elsewhere on the hardware chart, all platforms saw a decline save for Xbox One, which moved 1,381 units compared to 191 for the week ending February 15.

On the software end, God Eater 2 moved 272,004 units combined on Vita and PS4, the latter of which landed in third place. In second was Majora’s Mask 3D, which moved an additional 71,181 units for the week.

PS4 title The Order: 1886 moved 25,023 units, and Dead or Alive 5: Last Round debuted in fifth and eighth place with the PS4 version moving 24,457 units and PS3 11,271 for a combined total of 35,728 units.

Both charts are below courtesy of Gematsu.

Software sales February 16-22 (lifetime sales in parenthesis):

[PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 234,180 (New)
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo, 02/14/15) – 71,181 (302,246)
[PS4] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 37,824 (New)
[PS4] The Order: 1886 (SCE, 02/20/15) – 25,023 (New)
[PS4] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 24,457 (New)
[3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 17,738 (2,497,462)
[PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 12,211 (72,838)
[PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 11,271 (New)
[3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 11,256 (2,525,177)
[PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 8,936 (53,510)
[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 7,910 (2,478,064)
[3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 7,860 (2,157,653)
[PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 7,239 (54,442)
[PSV] Otoko Yukaku (D3 Publisher, 02/19/15) – 7,083 (New)
[PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 5,223 (28,742)
[PSV] Hakuoki Zuisouroku Omokage Hana (Idea Factory, 02/19/15) – 5,154 (New)
[Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 4,881 (592,794)
[Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 4,603 (921,092)
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,595 (3,923,419)
[PSV] Fuuraiki 3 (NIS, 02/19/15) – 4,435 (New)