Final Fantasy XIII is considered to be the most anticipated RPG to date. Recently Square Enix announced initial first day sales figure for Final Fantasy XIII only a day after its release. According to Square Enix in a press release, the game sold a little over one million units in Japan.

The game was released in Japan in two different forms: PS3 blu-ray disc, and 250GB PS3 Lightning Edition bundle. Apparently around 1.8 million units were shipped to retail stores for launch week. It is estimated that around 1.3 copies are standalone PS3 discs and the rest in the form of PS3 Lightning Edition bundles.

Apparently this is one of the best selling Final Fantasy games in Japan when considering the install base size. Final Fantasy XII sold 1.8 million copies on a 25 million user PS2 install base first week of release. However, we won’t know for certain on the final numbers until Media Create releases the PS3 and software count. I am curious to see how many folks picked up the 250GB PS3 Lightning Edition bundle. It sure is mighty tempting.