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This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...
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Japan's software and hardware sales, we're gloomed, all gloomed!

Over Japan's Golden Week(s) holiday the Vita managed to sell just 23,000 units, with 10.5K last week as it started idling back down. With no new games out, although Sega's Samurai vs. Dragons is now up and running again, and got a decent Famitsu review, expect more grim news, and gloom and doom from pundits.

Whatever this week's number, it will be far short of Sony's target to hit 10 million sales this financial year, only a stellar E3 line-up and Heaven event (in Japan) will change that any time soon. Any news of the much-sought-after price cut will only likely come after E3, so don't get your hopes up.

A bright spot is due in mid-June with the release of Persona 4 with various sources reporting high levels of pre-orders.

On to the charts and numbers...

Hardware sales
3DS 46,425 down 50%
PS3 13,000 down 50%
PSP 12,247 down 40%
PS Vita 6,340 sales - ouch! But only down 40%
Wii 6,000 down 60%

Software chart

Only Starhawk as a new entry, all sales massively down,

01./01. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 37,353
02./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 16,530
03./02. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) - 14,553
04./00. [PS3] Starhawk (SCEI) - 12,873 / NEW
05./04. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 11,260

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