Square Enix says the highly-anticipated
Final Fantasy XIII sold in excess of one million copies on its launch day yesterday in Japan.
The title quickly pushed to the top of the
Japanese PlayStation 3 charts -- though it'll be a multiplatform release in the U.S. and Europe when it launches in the West in March 2010, it's PS3-exclusive in Japan. The company revealed that
FFXIII first-day sales "exceeded one million",
according to consumer weblog Kotaku.
Square Enix had initially
prepared to ship around 1 million units for the big day, but ultimately ended up shipping closer to 2 million. That's a similar shipment to prior-generation
Final Fantasy XII -- even though the PlayStation 2 has a considerably larger userbase than the PS3.
Alongside the game's launch, Square Enix has
launched a themed space in the PlayStation 3's Home world, where users will be able to purchase
FFXIII-themed virtual goods and accessories as part of Home's first strides into the "freemium" model.
