Total console sales are down by 17% week over week on the latest Media Create hardware chart. The PS3 and PS Vita both enjoyed decent gains compared to last week while the Wii U fell behind Sony’s handheld with just 9 633 units sold during the latest accounting period.

PS Vita sales spiked by 42% thanks to various retailers dropping its price in anticipation of the official price cut which occurred yesterday. It will be interesting to see next week’s figures to ascertain the full effects of Sony’s PS Vita price drop.

Here’s the latest hardware chart in full (previous sales data appears in brackets):

Hardware Chart

• 3DS XL – 49 317 (66 139)
• 3DS – 25 412 (31 832)
• PS3 – 18 529 (16 934)
• PS Vita – 11 456 (8 044)
• Wii U – 9 633 (10 744)
• PSP – 8 981 (10 501)
• Wii – 1 317 (1 655)
• Xbox 360 – 473 (506)

Head over here for this week’s software chart.

Source: Media Create

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