Sony dominates Japanese chart, Vita not so much

Ragnarok Odyssey Ace gets a top three spot for the Vita in Japan's latest chart, shifting 30,000 copies. Even so, with a decent marketing campaign, lots of crossovers and decent review scores, it should have done better.

Correspondingly, hardware sales are sliding down again, at 8,504 marking its worst performance for many months, since the price cut in fact. Even so, the Vita has three games in the top 25, which is a rarity and a few PSP games keep chipping away at the top ten, showing further life in the old dog. Does Sony have any big hitters left in the bag for the Vita this year?

Japan has got a Legend of Heroes at the end of this month, God Eater 2 isn't out until mid-November, there's another Atelier title due around then too, plus more Gundam and other staples. GE2 aside, and Sony's own Freedom Wars, there's isn't too much for even rabid Japanese gamers to get excited about, and Tokyo Games Show is unlikely to set pulses racing.

01./00. [PS3] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Bandai Namco Games)  - 425.718 / NEW 
02./00. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn (Square Enix)  - 184.018 / NEW
03./00. [PSV] Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (GungHo Online Entertainment)  - 31.622 / NEW
04./00. [PS3] Lost Planet 3 (Capcom) - 27.503 / NEW
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08./00. [PSP] Saki: Achiga-Hen Episode of Side-A Portable (Kaga Create)  - 13.806 / NEW
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13./05. [PSV] Conception II (Spike Chunsoft) - 5.558 / 24.436 (-71%)
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25./00. [PSV] Hotchkiss # Technical Group Laboratory - 3.320 / NEW <60-80>