Dark Souls 2 was the top seller in Japan, according to Media Create. As the only software debut in the top 20, the From Software title moved 255,197 units on PlayStation 3 with the Xbox 360 version hitting 14 on the chart with 5,950 units sold.

Total units sales for Dark Souls 2 came in at 261,147 over three days of availability.

Hardware sales were down for the week with the exception of two entries: PlayStation 3 and PSP. The jump in sales for PSP was slim, as it only moved 36 extra units week-over-week.

PS3, which was fourth on hardware chart, moved 14,128 units – a 2,026 jump over the prior week.

Despite retaining its slot as the top-selling hardware since launch, PlayStation 4 unit sales were down 5,617 over the week prior. However, no new titles were released for the platform during the period.

PlayStation Vita was once again ahead of its portable rival, 3DS LL but not by much: the former moved 28,270 units while the later sold 23,372 units.

Here’s the full software chart for March 10-16. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

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[PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software, 03/13/14) – 255,197 (New) [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 37,247 (569,720) [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Wonderful Mysterious Keys (Square Enix, 02/06/14) – 18,728 (737,593) [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Delta (SCEJ, 03/06/14) – 17,357 (66,143) [3DS] Harvest Moon: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi (Marvelous AQL, 02/27/14) – 15,883 (176,180) [3DS] Kaseki Horider: Mugen Gear (Nintendo, 02/27/14) – 13,362 (93,900) [3DS] Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/09/14) – 12,225 (501,835) [3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Pokemon, 10/12/13) – 10,106 (3,994,938) [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 10,034 (222,147) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two, 10/10/13) – 7,910 (736,810) [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment, 12/12/31) – 7,755 (1,407,075) [PS4] Battlefield 4 (EA, 02/22/14) – 7,539 (55,286) [PS3] Ar no Surge (Gust, 03/06/14) – 6,751 (33,7870 [360] Dark Souls II (From Software, 03/13/14) – 5,950 (New) [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega, 02/22/14) – 5,451 (119,722) [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom, 09/14/13) – 5,132 (3,239,571) [Wii U] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo, 02/13/14) – 5,117 (72,401) [3DS] Doraemon: New Nobita’s Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (FuRyu, 03/06/14) – 4,813 (9,665) [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (11/08/12) – 4,759 (3,692,937) [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Full Boost (Namco Bandai, 01/30/14) – 4,395 (338,323)

Here’s the full hardware chart for Week 11. Last week’s sales are in parenthesis:

PS4 – 29,677 (35,294)

PSV– 28,270 (31,325)

3DS LL – 23,372 (24,192)

PS3– 14,128 (12,102)

3DS – 10,772 (10,876)

Wii U – 7,654 (7,773)

PSP – 3,461 (3,425)

PSVTV – 1,447 (1,962)

360 – 278 (300)

Thanks, Gematsu.