Dark Souls crosses 2.3 million sales

dark souls is in my opinion the real predecessor to the original castlevania..with its tight gameplay and extreme level of difficulty....(plus the environments and creatures)

Dark Souls and Demon's Souls are, in my opinion, two of the greatest games of this console generation. I'm happy to hear that Dark Souls is having more financial success than it's predecessor, so here's to hoping that Dark Souls II does even better.

Only 2.3 million ? Every gamer on earth needs to play this game . I can't think of a single game more important for the industry than this in the last 5 years.

I know, I was just joking. That difficulty is just stupid, Souls rewards you if you persevere.

i cant wait for dark souls 2 i buy it for 360 and ps3

What does Namco missing it's marketing and i suggest Namco to learn marketing tactics from Activision who highly sold the same old game every year :P

@destin1986 You have to be shiting me

I hate this game but I keep playing it

And JUST as a sidenote, glancing through these comments is refreshing. On seemingly almost every single other article that pops up on Gamespot, you see Feedbackula material, while in this article there is consistently smart conversation about the game...not the usual U SUCK AT GAMS GO PLAY COD. I think it has to do with the game itself...you need more than a modicum of intelligence to fully appreciate a game like Dark Souls.

The reason that games like this are so appealing is because they focus on limitation. You don't have super powers. You can't run up walls. You don't have the ability to explode the room with a gesture. No, the Souls series definitely makes you feel quite ordinary, with a slight edge...and then the environment and the monsters and bosses rape your limitations. Remember how mobile some of the bosses in Dark Souls are in comparison to your lumbering, slow, fully armored character? Having the extra protection came at a price. The checks and balances they performed in Dark Souls' design is amazing. Limitation in games, and then finding ways for the player to overcome said limits...that is going to be key in how a video game survives in this current and next-gen of consoles and PCs. Even a game as easy as Skyrim can be made challenging, because at least in that game you aren't forced to take all the super powers. But, many modern titles just baby the player, and I hate it. Worse yet, are the games that make you feel like a spectator, rather than someone participating in a story or a great open world. I felt that in a big way when I played Assassin's Creed...it just felt like I was watching, rather than actively playing. Many modern games don't leave enough room for participation, or they take control away from you with frequent quick-time events. Ugh. A game like Dark Souls, even though it is named thus, is a shining light in the darkness of modern gaming.

Gamers still crave for challenging games and not be treated like idiots. Take notice game industry.

maybe Dark Souls 2 will do a little better, they deserve it.

The game is fantastic, it deserved all this love if not more

Why is this game off gamers radars. I mean im glad they got to 2.3 million, but skyrim which came out a month after dark souls did like 10 million sales in the first year and this game went silent. i ask my friends all the time if they have played dark souls yet and I always get the response "dark what? never heard of it"... but they for sure played skyrim. Was the game to difficult for people or just bad marketing? I dont know but this game deserves 10 million sales.

I own both the PS3 and PC Edition. I want to support this game and developer. Bring Dark Souls 2!

Wow 2.3 million sales and from software decides to make a sequel. Dead Space doesn't sale 5 million and the series gets cancelled lol.

It deserves more but i am glad they are making a profit.

on the other news, Angry Birds sold 500 million..

I wish some companies realized that you get sales over time and not all on day one like ea or square enix.

Considering other games see much higher sales as a failure, I really hope they made a somewhat decent return on this, after all I doubt they spent as much money on it as other AAA games.

@faceless-mask @Deadman_est1982 @travisstaggs @unreal101

Yeah, at the beginning I went every wrong direction EXCEPT the slightly hidden stairway for about 30 minutes. I was completely stomped by the skeleton graveyard quite a bit. The open world adds some interesting elements like that, and I love it. I'm so playing this game again once I get it back from my friend.