According to VGC Preview

The sale is just amazing!!

Who got it right about the million sale for FFXIII in Japan alone?

i really really dont know whats going on in the heads of people who said FF XIII wouldnt do more than a Milli week one...

More like 1.25 but not bad, FF is still continuing a downward spiral in opening sales in Japan, I hope Square has started to get the point that they need to change things before sales drop more.

Actually, more like 1.5 meaning no downward spiral AT ALL when you look at userbase: games sold (FFX vs FF XIII)

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?post=2945474&page=1&postnum=1

Last time I learned to count 1.8 million is still higher than 1.5... and if we're going by userbase then Super Smash Bros Melee was the best selling game last gen because the userbase was the smallest userbase and still sold 7 million, does that make me right? NO 

Problems I have with what you said:

1. Last time I learned to count 5 million is higher than 4 million (really now, would you be this condescending if you weren't a mod?)

2. You ignored the fact that userbase does have an impact on software sales.

3. You took the lifetime sales of SSBM. I thought we were talking about week 1 here?

FFXII WEEK one sales

Vs

FFXIII DAY one sales.

@1. If condescending = using logic and reason then yes because I've always posted like that

@2. I didn't ignore anything especially since userbase usually doesn't effect established franchises since fans will buy it no matter what, on top of that most established franchises have sold better week one this gen over last, great example is Resident Evil 4 vs 5 the first week sales of 5 were 100k better than 4 in Japan, point being established franchises aren't hurt by userbase since obviously if what you said was true RE4 should have outsold RE5 4 fold but RE5 on PS3 is catching up.

@3. Did you read what I had said?  I made lifetime sales as an example of how silly and wrong the userbase argument is, because if userbase counted for jack squat other than potential max sales being equal to the total userbase, 10 million is 10 million, just like 100k is 100k no matter the platform, you can't just declare sales aren't going down because of userbase, perfect example of this is FFX first week selling less than FFVII first week...

Wow, the bundles didn't sell out? That's surprising and could also portend a rather impressive number next week both HW and SW-wise. I'm also very interested in what Media Create has it at.

impressive sales...this game better be good.