Final Fantasy XIII PS3 'Nearly Doubles' Xbox 360 Version In U.S. Sales

First month figures for Final Fantasy XIII are in, with the North American version of Square Enix's role-playing game epic moving more than 1.3 million copies in the United States. The vast majority of those were on the PlayStation 3.

According to an early statement from Sony Computer Entertainment, the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII "sold nearly double the Xbox version." In actual numbers, that broke down to 828,200 copies of the game snapped up by those in the Sony camp and 494,300 who preferred the Xbox 360 version. A win for Sony, but also a good showing for Microsoft, who snatched console exclusivity from the PlayStation side in 2008.

To compare, the last entry in the main Final Fantasy series, PlayStation 2 game Final Fantasy XII sold 896,000 copies during its first month of release in the U.S. in November 2006.

Final Fantasy XIII was the first Final Fantasy to launch day-and-date on Microsoft and Sony consoles in the United States.

http://kotaku.com/5518301/final-fantasy-xiii-ps3-nearly-doubles-xbox-360-version-in-us-sales
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Not really surprising, but good news for Sony. Final Fantasy is more catered to the PS3 audience. I'm glad to see it's selling so well. I think it's the best game in the series so far.

I hope this helps keep "Final Fantasy Versus XIII" exclusive to the PS3. Because we shouldn't have to wait a whole another year just for Square Enix to make an Xbox 360 port. Especially when we don't know how long the game is going to take to finish. I know the game should be enjoyed by everyone but fuck it, if they want to play the game that bad then they should buy a PS3!

CyberpunkCentral wrote:I hope this helps keep "Final Fantasy Versus XIII" exclusive to the PS3. Because we shouldn't have to wait a whole another year just for Square Enix to make an Xbox 360 port. Especially when we don't know how long the game is going to take to finish. I know the game should be enjoyed by everyone but fuck it, if they want to play the game that bad then they should buy a PS3!

amen XD

- it doesn't make sense .

the PS3 version is better, no doubt . :scratch:

Sir.Zillah wrote:- it doesn't make sense .

the PS3 version is better, no doubt . :scratch:

How doesn't it make sense?

Are we really surprised here? I'm not. I just hope Microsoft doesn't throw more money at Square Enix to make FFVXIII a multi-plat, cut the content in half, and get the game delayed for a long time.

CyberpunkCentral wrote:

Sir.Zillah wrote:- it doesn't make sense .

the PS3 version is better, no doubt . :scratch:

How doesn't it make sense?

- sarcasm . just....just give up .