September draws to a close, but it's been an epic month for PS3 titles in Japan. First Namco Bandai's Tales of Xillia sells over half a million copies on launch day alone, and now industry research firm Media Create confirms From Software's Dark Souls is another blockbuster of a title. While it didn't quite reach anywhere close to 525,605 unit sales secured by Xillia in a single day, Dark Souls still managed to sell an 279,567 copies during launch weekend. Seems like plenty of souls hungered for From Software's latest vision in cruel and unusual punishment, and right now those figures are for Japan alone. Japanese players are also alone in having to sit through some patches which From Software is issuing as quickly as possible in order to address new issues which emerged since the most glaring ones involving game freezes while connected to the game servers. The weekly sales period ending September 25th also brought good things for plenty of other new titles, including the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Limited Edition PS3 release which bundles high-definiition remakes of Sony's classic PS2 titles. The Japanese release of Gears of War 3 also managed to break into the top five, letting the Xbox 360 shine once more with one heckuva title. Japanese Weekly Software Sales 2011/09/19 - 2011/09/25 Game Publisher Platform Unit Sales 1. Dark Souls From Software PS3 279,567 2. ICO / Shadow of the Colossus Limited Box Sony Computer Entertainment PS3 91,902 3. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6 Konami PSP 64,350 4. Gears of War 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 56,113 5. Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Collection Square Enix Wii 54,775 6. Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls Marvelous 3DS 52,206 7. Busou Shinki: Battle Masters Mk. 2 Konami PSP 32,318 8. To Heart 2 DX Plus Aqua Plus PS3 24,429 9. Tales of Xillia Namco Bandai PS3 22,484 10. Champion Jockey: Gallop Racer & G1 Jockey Koei Tecmo Wii 18,281 Source: Gamasutra Section: Console Games
