Japanese charts: Dark Souls debut tops, Gears 3 boosts 360 sales

Media Create has released its retail sales list for the week ending September 26, and it finds Dark Souls debuting in the top slot for PS3 with 279,567 copies moved.

In second place was the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection with 91,902 units moved, and if you combine the collection with the individual HD offerings, the total hits at 113,263 units.

Gears of War 3 debuted in the fourth slot, just missing out on third place by 8,237 units, and helping boost Xbox 360 sales over the week prior, with and extra 2,602 console units moved.

Shadows of the Damned debuted at 18, moving 9,145 units.

Here's the full top 20, courtesy of Andriasang:

1. Dark Souls (PS3): 279,567 - NEW
2. ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Limited Box (PS3): 91,902 - NEW
3. Yu-gi-oh 5D's Tag Force 6 (PSP): 64,350 - NEW
4. Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360): 56,113 - NEW
5. Dragon Quest Collection (Wii): 54,775
6. Senran Kagura (3DS): 52,206 - NEW
7. Busou Shinki Battle Masters Mk.2 (PSP): 32,318 - NEW
8. ToHeart2 DX Plus (PS3): 24,429 - NEW
9. Tales of Xillia (PS3): 22,484
10. Champion Jockey Gallop Racer & G1 Jockey (PS3): 18,281 - NEW
11. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Wii): 17,354
12. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (PSP): 14,924 - NEW
13. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Wii): 14,876
14. Shadow of the Colossus (PS3): 13,420 - NEW
15. Kirby Mass Attack (DS): 12,658
16. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS): 11,596
17. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Version (PS3): 9,263
18. Shadows of the Damned (PS3): 9,145 - NEW
19. Super Pokémon Scramble (3DS): 8,722
20. ICO (SCE, PS3): 7,941 - NEW

Nintendo's 3DS stayed in the top spot for the week, moving 70,159 units, which was up 41,322 units over the week prior. This was likely due to the debut of Senran Kagura, which debuted in sixth place with 52,206 units sold. This was the only new offering on the system in the top 20 for the week.

Other console and handheld sales were a bit flat over the week prior, other the aforementioned surge in 360 sales.

Hardware sales are listed below, with last week's in parenthesis:

• 3DS: 70,159 (58,837)
• PS3: 39,452 (36,061)
• PSP: 28,533 (25,122)
• Wii: 14,034 (15,406)
• Xbox 360: 3897 (1295)
• DSi XL: 2991 (2869)
• DSi: 2351 (2234)
• PS2: 1517 (1317)
• DS Lite: 86 (78)
• PSP go: 15 (7)