PlayStation Vita har ikke ligefrem haft en prangende start i Japan, hvor salget har været styrtdykkende, men som sent som i sidste uge overhalede PSP inden om. Sony mener dog ikke at man har et problem og insisterer, at man er tilfreds med lanceringen.

"Now the company has not publicly announced the shipping unit - unit of shipping and sales, at the appropriate time, we would do so. But as far as the sell-through, three weeks have passed and sell-through is 500,000. This was announced on the 10th of January. So as a start, I think we had a very - a good start.

"Including software and hardware, we are carrying out the sales promotions and we do it to boost the sales, and we do not think we have any problems."

PS Vita startede ellers rigtig godt med 324.859 solgte enheder i sin første uge. De efterfølgende uger så dog således: 72.479, 42.648, 42.915, 18.361, 15.219 og senest 18.942.

PlayStation Vita udkommer i Danmark den 22. februar.