wraggster
March 19th, 2014, 21:45
The PS3 version of Dark Souls 2 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/playstation-3/action/12958/dark-souls-2/) sold 255,000 copies to debut at No.1 on the Japanese software chart during the week ended March 16.
The only other new release to make the weekly top 20 was the Xbox 360 edition of From Software's game, which sold 5,950 copies to enter at No.14, according to data from retail monitor Media Create, which was republished on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=787295).
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Weekly software sales / lifetime
Dark Souls II (PS3, From Software) - 255.197 / New
Yo-kai Watch (3DS, Level 5) - 37.247 / 569.72003
Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (3DS, Square Enix) - 18.728 / 737.593
Soul Sacrifice (Vita, Sony) - 17.357 / 66.143
Harvest Moon: Linking The New World (3DS, Marvelous) - 15.883 / 176.180
Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear (3DS, Nintendo) - 13.362 / 93.900
Kirby Triple Deluxe (3DS, Nintendo) - 12.225 / 501.835
Pokemon X / Y (3DS, Pokemon Co.) - 10.106 / 3.994.938
Yakuza: Ishin (PS3, Sega) - 10.034 / 222.147
Grand Theft Auto V (PS3, Take-Two) - 7.910 / 736.810
3DS and Vita ended PS4's three-week run atop the hardware chart, although Sony's system was comfortably the best-selling home console.
Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
3DS - 34.144 (35.068)
PSV - 29.717 (33.287)
PS4 - 29.677 (35.294)
PS3 - 14.128 (12.102)
Wii U - 7.654 (7.773)
PSP - 3.461 (3.425)
Xbox 360 - 278 (300)
Total - 111.280 (152.090)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/454710/dark-souls-2-tops-japanese-chart/
The only other new release to make the weekly top 20 was the Xbox 360 edition of From Software's game, which sold 5,950 copies to enter at No.14, according to data from retail monitor Media Create, which was republished on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=787295).
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Weekly software sales / lifetime
Dark Souls II (PS3, From Software) - 255.197 / New
Yo-kai Watch (3DS, Level 5) - 37.247 / 569.72003
Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (3DS, Square Enix) - 18.728 / 737.593
Soul Sacrifice (Vita, Sony) - 17.357 / 66.143
Harvest Moon: Linking The New World (3DS, Marvelous) - 15.883 / 176.180
Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear (3DS, Nintendo) - 13.362 / 93.900
Kirby Triple Deluxe (3DS, Nintendo) - 12.225 / 501.835
Pokemon X / Y (3DS, Pokemon Co.) - 10.106 / 3.994.938
Yakuza: Ishin (PS3, Sega) - 10.034 / 222.147
Grand Theft Auto V (PS3, Take-Two) - 7.910 / 736.810
3DS and Vita ended PS4's three-week run atop the hardware chart, although Sony's system was comfortably the best-selling home console.
Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
3DS - 34.144 (35.068)
PSV - 29.717 (33.287)
PS4 - 29.677 (35.294)
PS3 - 14.128 (12.102)
Wii U - 7.654 (7.773)
PSP - 3.461 (3.425)
Xbox 360 - 278 (300)
Total - 111.280 (152.090)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/454710/dark-souls-2-tops-japanese-chart/