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December 17th, 2009, 06:50
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_ffbuyers.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/ffbuyers.jpg)On Tuesday, Square Enix (http://kotaku.com/tag/squareenix/) were expecting (http://kotaku.com/5426691/square-enix-ships-a-million-copies-of-final-fantasy-xiii) to ship around one million copies of Final Fantasy XIII (http://kotaku.com/tag/finalfantasyxiii/) to retailers in Japan, ready for the game's launch. Today, on launch day, the actual number is higher.
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada, His Imperial Hotness, has issued a release today stating that number of units shipped was actually 1.8 million (standalone copies and those included in the "Lightning Edition" combined. That's a big jump, considering there were only meant to be 1.3 million copies available for the entire week (http://kotaku.com/5426691/square-enix-ships-a-million-copies-of-final-fantasy-xiii).
The number draws the launch closer in line with that of the last game in the series, Final Fantasy XII, which had two million copies on sale, albeit for a console with a much higher install base at the time.
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Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada, His Imperial Hotness, has issued a release today stating that number of units shipped was actually 1.8 million (standalone copies and those included in the "Lightning Edition" combined. That's a big jump, considering there were only meant to be 1.3 million copies available for the entire week (http://kotaku.com/5426691/square-enix-ships-a-million-copies-of-final-fantasy-xiii).
The number draws the launch closer in line with that of the last game in the series, Final Fantasy XII, which had two million copies on sale, albeit for a console with a much higher install base at the time.
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