Even with (what seem to be false) news reports about the Vita’s technical woes, Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu reported that Sony has sold almost half of its initial Vita shipments during the first two days of the handheld’s launch. To be more specific, Sony has sold more than 321,407 of its 700,00 units in the first 48 hours that the system was available.

When we look at the launch numbers, it looks like the Vita sold well, but just fell short of meeting or surpassing Nintendo’s 3DS (The 3DS sold 371,000+ units during the two-day launch period).

The two PlayStation Vita SKU (Wi-Fi and 3G versions) were released on December 17, 2011. The Wi-Fi-enabled SKU is priced at 24,980 yen while the 3G version is priced at 29,980 yen.

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