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Vita on the up in latest Media Create Japanese figures

After a bit of a delay, the Media Create chart data is out from Japan. Vita sales creep up again, by just over a 100, as Japan waits for the mentalness that is Golden Week. Again, the Vita outsold the new 3DS LL.


Despite a bunch of new entries, sales of Minecraft hold firm, keeping it in the top 10 with sales actually going up. The only new entry of note for the Vita is school-romance visual novel Clock Zero from Idea Factory. Things get more lively next week with 2Heart 2 Dungeon, Operation Babel, Whitecoat Love Addiction and Nihirabura set to storm the chart.


Media Create Chart (week 17)

01./00. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer (Square Enix) - 100.047 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls Vol.1 (Bandai) - 24.341 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code (Nintendo) - 23.724 / 78.903 (-57%)
04./00. [PS4] Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II # (Compile Heart) - 22.609 / NEW
05./00. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (Arc System Works) - 15.550 / NEW
06./04. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) - 12.667 / 109.784 (+4%)
07./00. [PSP] Meiji Toukyou Renka: Twilight Kiss # (Broccoli)- 10.083 / NEW
08./00. [PS4] Tropico 5 (Square Enix) - 8.706 / NEW
09./00. [PS4] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (Arc System Works) - 7.589 / NEW
10./02. [PS4] Dying Light (Warner) - 7.030 / 32.560 (-72%)
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12./00. [PSV] Clock Zero: Shuuen no Ichibyou - ExTime # (Idea Factory) - 6.306 / NEW
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20./06. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) - 4.001 / 147.155 (-39%)

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