S.T.A.G.E. no reason to bite my head off.

America will be pretty balanced. I expect 360 to lead by no more than 4:3, if that.

PS3 will have a bigger lead in Others than 360 has in America. Around 5:3 most likely.

PS3 will have all of the Japanese sales which will likely account for about 40% of overall sales.

Even without Japan, FFXIII will sell more on PS3. With Japan it's not even a contest.

i will have to say ps3 i can see ff 13 selling 2m in japan by its self in America and others i say it will be close but ps3 version will sell better

ps3 version 4.5 -6.5m

xbox version 2.5 - 4.5m

In NA - 360
In Europe - Equal, slight advantage for PS3
In Japan - PS3

Overall - PS3

In the Americas, the 360 will outsell probably about 3:2 against the PS3. Europe will be practically 1:1 ratio, however, since there's been a more recent swing toward the 360, it might be slightly better, but still in negligible numbers. Unless things in Japan change in terms of the PS3 exclusivity, though, its market for Final Fantasy games is large enough to offset the difference of both the other regions, but just barely, giving the PS3 a worldwide advantage, but again, of negligible amount. However, if that FF13 on 360 page does turn out to be true, and Japan goes multi-plat, PS3's worldwide advantage will be handed over to the 360, though PS3 will still easily outsell 360 5:2 in Japan. Again, though, the net difference will be minimal.

All 3 regions PS3.
I'm confident enough to put bets down.

I certainly wouldn't bet against you. Not with an impending $100 price drop worldwide for PS3 and the fact that Final Fantasy Versus XIII is exclusive. Chances are the large majority of Final Fantasy fans will go PS3, not only because many already got one with the expectation that they would only be able to play it on that system, but because that's the only system they will be able to play the game's counterpart. The fact that Final Fantasy has such a long-standing history with the PlayStation brand doesn't help either. The number of discs may also be a factor for some potential buyers, especially in the unlikely event that the 360 version requires special packaging.

PS3 2:1

Is there even a market for Square-Enix jrpg games on the 360? IU was the highest selling game for Square in America with around 220,000. Final Fantasy 13 will probably sell by name alone but we will see. PS3 around 6 million worldwide and on the 360 I would say around 1.5 million worldwide.

PS3