PlayStation Vita Sales Drop in Week Three After Hot Start [CHART]

PS Vita at 2011 Tokyo Game Show

Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) new PlayStation Vita is continuing to slide in the Japan sales rankings after a hot start that saw it sell 324,849 units in the first week. According to AndriaSang citing Media Create figures, the Vita only sold 42,648 units in its third week, falling further from the 72,479 units in its second week.

2012 should be a fascinating year to watch the console gaming space, not just in Japan, but around the world. The industry as a whole felt the initial impact of smartphone gaming in 2011, with many already declaring console gaming effectively dead. It’s not an especially outrageous prediction, considering the success of companies like Rovio, GREE (TYO:3632), or DeNA (TYO:2432).

You can check out sales figures for Japan for the last four weeks below. Note that the 3DS is still doing surprisingly well after its price cut, although it too has dropped off after the holidays. If you’d like to look further back, Serkan Toto has just published total figures for the year over on Techcrunch.