ChrisIsNotSexy: It really doesn't make sense what you're saying. If it was PS3 EX the PS3 sales would be higher but not by over 600k first week !!! You really think that people would buy PS3 for this game ? :D They wouldn't. Maybe 50k but not over 1m where X360 version is going, heh.

@donsterydo2

one of the main reasons microsoft asked square enix to do the game on 360 was so that it wouldn't drive ps3 sales up. why do you think they had the 360 bundle with FFXIII? If a 360 version didn't come out then those 600K units 360 sold may have been 600K ps3 sales with FFXIII. it wouldn't have sold all 600K in the first week but over the course of the year the ps3 sales in america would have been a lot better. so don't say that people won't buy a system to play FFXIII especially when it gets bundled

Yeah, pretty much.  SE really did handle FFXIII almost perfectly; Sony likely "paid" to keep the JP exclusivity (in the form of advertising support and a big deal bundle) then Microsoft likely "paid" to get the game to 360 in the west (in the form of advertising support and a big deal bundle).  For SE it's really been win:win, and I don't think FFXIII could've been handled better marketing wise.  I think that's why some lend credence to FFvsXIII following the same route, it really does make a lot of sense...

I think that SE probably thought that FF XIII would sell better on the 360 than the PS3 in the west, or at least in the US. We know MS did. That definitely isn't going to happen. But I don't think this will impact FF XIII versus exclusivity.

it's less than 1/3 of PS3 sales..

anyhow, It sold well on 360, 700k is not bad at all, if it doesnt go on 360, then I guess it will make FF fans on 360 want Versus more now, and probably get a PS3 for it

lol look how many versus 13 related threads appeared after the release of 13
many 360 owners may buy a ps3 for versus 13(IF IT STAYS EXCLUSIVE)

Because it took so long to port the 360 version of XIII? Where do you get this stuff from?

It's gonna take years anyway.