PlayStation Vita second week sales drop in Japan

PlayStation Vita sold 72,479 units in Japan during the second week since the system's launch.

Second week sales were a drop from the PlayStation Vita's successful launch of 321,400 units sold. Vita was outsold during the week by both the Nintendo 3DS and PSP, which sold 482,200 and 101,121 units respectively.

Earlier in the year, the Nintendo 3DS launched to strong sales but later slumped, forcing Nintendo to slash the price of the handheld console. However, the platform holder has since revealed that it went on to surpass the original DS in terms of first-year sales.

PS Vita launched with 26 game titles in Japan last weekend. Sony executives Andy House and Kaz Hirai were in attendance at the Tsutaya store in Shibuya to personally hand out the first unit sold.

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, BlazBlue Continuum Shift II, Lord of Apocalypse, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Power Smash 4, Uncharted, Hot Shots Golf 6, Disgaea 3 Return and Katamari Damacy Nobita were among the console's launch lineup.

PlayStation Vita will arrive in North America and Europe on February 22, 2012.

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Scroll through pictures from the PlayStation Vita's Japanese launch below: