Final Fantasy 13 Already shipped 5 mil copies

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Square Enix has announced that its latest blockbuster RPG, Final Fantasy XIII, has shipped over 5 million units worldwide, with the North American and European releases of the game accounting for over half of the total this week.

The publisher is calling the international release of Final Fantasy XIII a success, after shipping over 3 million units to North American and European territories in time for the launch this week on March 9th.

The game’s release last year in Japan on December 17th makes up the rest of that 5 million units shipped amount, although it should be noted that these figures represent the total number of copies delivered (shipped) to stores around the world, rather than the number of units sold direct to consumers.

Those numbers will no doubt be waved around in our collective faces in the coming days, once Square Enix collates the sales figures and approves them for public consumption.

The publisher was also keen to announce that, thanks to Final Fantasy XIII, the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole has now sold a combined 96 million units worldwide.

In case you hadn’t heard, Final Fantasy XIII released around the world this week on Xbox 360 and PS3.

You can find out all about this title, as well as compare the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions with a comparison video, via El33tonline’s previous coverage of Final Fantasy XIII, for all kinds of screenshots, videos and information you didn’t know you needed, but certainly do.

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Thanks for making my wait until the end of this month harder :).

i hope the storyline is as good as FF12

game's gonna be epic...

About 10hrs in an I am enjoying it. Not sure how I feel about the paradigm system however, it feels a little chaotic atm. This and Tales of Vesperia are the best 2 JRPGs out on this current gen.

On the game being linear, well it is very much so, but it is a blessing and a curse. I read it opens up a bit muuuuuuch later. The world is pretty complex and a tad confusing, but it is making more sense as I go on.

Hey guys, im just wondering if there are any special editions in shops yet? cuz i just see the normal edition in stock. Ive also looked online like places like loot.co.za i just cant seem to find the special edition. Any insights?

I see http://zapsonline.co.za/?page_id=3&c...oduct_id=35815 may have.

http://www.btgames.co.za/home.asp were offering them but I cannot see them anymore. Maybe they are out of stock? Just contact them and ask if they have in store.

http://www.kalahari.net/games/Final-.../35973455.aspx for xbox .
http://zapsonline.co.za/?page_id=3&c...oduct_id=35815 - Ps3
http://zapsonline.co.za/?page_id=3&c...oduct_id=35809 - Xbox
take 2 said More stock will come next week.
or u can give Awx a call

I'm playing through now on the 360.

Its good, but not anywhere near FF VII or FF XII. If your a fan of the franchise, you should definitely get it, but I can't help but feel I got a bit caught up in the hype. Its seldom a game would end up in my candidates for top games of the year and most disappointing at the same time. Its still up for my personal best CGI movies of the year award though =)

Almost 7 hours into the game and i only have good things to say, it must be said im a bit bias when it comes to FF series :). As tehNihilist said it can become very chaotic the further you get into the game but for me that’s just one of the many fun parts. To me the paradigm system is well implemented and can make for some make or break situations in the game- i also found that the AI is so far well done . With regards to character development well im left as undecided, not far enough in the game to have a strong opinion.