Bandai Namco Reveals Western Sales Figure for Dark Souls II

<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;61633" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-61633" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05105025&sol;namco-bandai-fiscal-2014&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-61633 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05105025&sol;namco-bandai-fiscal-2014-300x114&period;jpg" alt&equals;"namco bandai fiscal 2014" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"114" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-61633" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">As well as Dark Souls II sales&comma; Bandai Namco also revealed that God Eater 2 sold 700&comma;000 copies in Japan&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Bandai Namco have revealed that their best selling game of the last quarter was <em>Dark Souls II<&sol;em>&comma; with over 1&period;2 million copies shipped to stores&period; Once thought to be a niche property&comma; the <em>Souls<&sol;em> series is proving that titles focused on gaming enthusiasts can sell well and be profitable&period; The original <em>Dark Souls<&sol;em> sold 1&period;3 million units in the same time period so the sequel isn&&num;8217&semi;t too far behind&period; However&comma; this figure only includes sales in Europe and North America on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms&period; <em>Dark Souls II<&sol;em> sold over 260&comma;000 units in its first week in Japan and it also recently launched on the PC&period; It is therefore looking likely that <em>Dark Souls II<&sol;em> could sell over 2 million copies when all is said and done&comma; especially if it gets an expanded version as the original did&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This information was revealed at Bandai Namco&&num;8217&semi;s conference call to discuss the past fiscal year&period; As well as the <em>Dark Souls II<&sol;em> number&comma; we also learned that the company&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Mobile Suit Gundam<&sol;em> property has recorded revenues of over &dollar;800 million&period;  Altogether the company made a profit of &dollar;250 million&comma; down 22&period;6 per cent on last year&period; You can read all of Bandai Namco&&num;8217&semi;s fiscal report right <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bandainamco&period;co&period;jp&sol;files&sol;E8A39CE8B6B3E8B387E69699EFBC88E88BB1EFBC89&period;pdf">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2014-05-08-dark-souls-2-shifts-over-1m">Eurogamer<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;