Great showing considering the amount of backlash and the fact it's the first time a major (non-MMORPG) installment of the game appears on Xbox 360.  It bodes very well for American numbers for the 360...

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37995/PS3-claims-54-of-FFXIII-sales

by Ben Parfitt

The fact that FFXIII has this week claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 is of absolutely no shock – but onlookers will be far more interested to see how sales were shared across PS3 and Xbox 360.

And the truth is – in the UK at least – that it was a very close battle. Though MCV is unable to publish specific numbers, we can reveal that Sony’s console claimed 54 per cent of the game’s six-figure sales in its first week of release.

Seeing as the Final Fantasy series is traditionally so intrinsically tied to the PlayStation brand, the result is perhaps not surprising – and Microsoft will probably be quite pleased at claiming a very respectable share of the week-one unit sales.

Chart was released a couple of minutes ago:

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 13 March 2010

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
-		1			FINAL FANTASY XIII	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
-		2			FINAL FANTASY XIII	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
1		3			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
3		4			JUST DANCE	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
2		5			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
4		6			HEAVY RAIN	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
6		7			WII FIT PLUS	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
8		8			WII SPORTS RESORT	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
10		9			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
11		10			CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14		11			CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5		12			BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
-		13			WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR II - CHAOS	PC	THQ	THQ
7		14			ALIENS VS PREDATOR	XB360	SEGA	SEGA
12		15			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	WII	SEGA	SEGA
35		16			PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
15		17			BIOSHOCK 2	XB360	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
13		18			FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
16		19			MARIO KART WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
9		20			ALIENS VS PREDATOR	PS3	SEGA	SEGA
17		21			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	DS	SEGA	SEGA
-		22			MARIO AND LUIGI: BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
-		23			YAKUZA 3	PS3	SEGA	SEGA
18		24			UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
-		25			TAKE A BREAK'S PUZZLE MASTER	DS	GAMES FOR EVERYONE	UBISOFT
23		26			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
26		27			THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
22		28			FIFA 10	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
32		29			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	PS3	PLATINUM	TAKE 2
25		30			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010	PC	SEGA	SEGA
36		31			BIOSHOCK 2	PS3	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
-		32			SONIC CLASSIC COLLECTION	DS	SEGA	SEGA
-		33			GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS	PSP	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
-		34			DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
31		35			MARIO KART DS	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
19		36			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	XB360	SEGA	SEGA
28		37			FIFA 10	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
20		38			NAPOLEON: TOTAL WAR	PC	SEGA	SEGA
37		39			LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
27		40			SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	PS3	SEGA	SEGA

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=811&s=1111

Lucky XIII for Square-Enix

15/Mar/2010

A week on from yet another fastest selling game of the year so far and the record has yet again been smashed – Square Enix’s ‘Final Fantasy XIII’ debuts at No1 on 360/PS3, split 54% PS3 and 46% 360.

The last Final Fantasy title to reach No1 was actually ‘Final Fantasy XII’, back in week 8, 2007 although this was only released on PS2.  Last week’s record breaker, EA’s ‘Battlefield: Bad Company 2’ drops to No2 (-38%) and Ubisoft drop one place to No3 with ‘Just Dance’ on Wii (-9%).  Sony’s ‘Heavy Rain’ on PS3 (-8%) remains at No4 and Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit Plus’ climbs one place to No5 (+11%).  Also climbing one place is Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ at No6 (+2%) – the title also climbs one place in the all-time All Formats total UK market unit sellers, finally outpacing Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘GTA: San Andreas’ to claim second place, behind the UK’s biggest selling game of all time, ‘Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training’ on DS.

Also of note this week is the release of the third game in the Ben 10 series – D3P/Namco Bandai’s ‘Ben 10: Alien Force – Vilgax Attacks’ which debuts at No13 over 5 formats.  Debuting right behind at No14 is THQ’s ‘Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising’.  Further down the Top 40 we also have Sega’s ‘Yakuza 3’ on PS3 debuting at No24.  Disney’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ makes an appearance at No34 having been released last week and Sega’s ‘Sonic Classic Collection’ on DS is new at No35

YES TOP 2 PLACES!!

GO FFXIII!

Heavy Rain very good :)

UK is the only European country that still has more 360s than PS3s. Continental numbers (France,Germany,Spain,Italy etc.) will be much more in favor of PS3.

People need to realize that the UK is only a small part of Europe, and isn't representative of Europe as a whole.

Good I guess, but thats like being surprised that ps3 version MW2 in japan sold more or close to 360 version....

Both France and Germany each have a larger population than Great Britain. So much for it being the largest market.

Geez, then why are we all talking about UK, France etc? We should be talking about China and Africa!

The market is defined by how much is spent, not the population.

Germany: 81,757,600 - 1,807,373
France: 65,447,374 - 2,241,925
United Kingdom: 62,041,708 - 2,966,199

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state consisting of four countries, it's not just one country.