Final Fantasy XIII Sells 450,000 Units in the Americas on Day One

After adjustments... I take back everything I said before in these comments.

Awesome sales.

Not too good sales imo for a FF games. Looks like many consumers are aware of the game's mediocre quality.

@squall747
"P.S. I bought it for 360 and I own a PS3. Jrpg's are my favorite games to play."

You should seek a doctor mate. Why on earth would you want the none HD version on 3 DVD's?

Ive played about 10 hours ... i have to say, very BORING and disapointing ... hopefully it gets better soon ...

@Mad55 I didnt know Vesperia sold that much, good for Namco, might have to check it out one day
@Aion almost sure it will, the Final Fantasy name still holds weight (not so much Crystal Chronicles)

The first few chapters led me to thinking this game would be boring beyond belief.

Hell, was I wrong! O_O

Great game, 360 version is great hope it sells better than any other 360 jrpg.

@ oniyide and JPL78 i understand were your saying but im not in a minority lots of people love jrpgs on the 360. Also the sales are not weak in a from of success for the title though when you compare them to wrpg's sure they look weak but they are still doing plenty well. As the developers of vesperia hoped for close to 500,000 sales on the 360 and pretty much succeeded give or take.

Take that Edge!

Nice, this game is so freaking awesome!!! Everyone has got to at least try it out!!!

@mad55 sorry to say bud but like JPL78 said your in the minority there, just look at the sales for JRPGs and then look at the sales for WRPGs on the 360. big difference, not bias just fact. I think the JRPG is just going down the tube in general. In PS1 days there was a JRPG out every month and most of them were great, nowadays barley any and those that do are subpar at best. This is no fault of MS, like JPL78 said it has helped move units in Japan, but those are not great #s better than the original box for sure.

the first few hours put me to sleep...LITERALLY! but now im starting to get into it and actually quite good.

Yeah 360 has alot of jrpg's it didn't match the ps3 in sales for FF13 but everybody knew it wouldnt. Not that it really makes a difference any real Final Fantasy fan wants to see this game sell well no matter what console it's on.

P.S. I bought it for 360 and I own a PS3. Jrpg's are my favorite games to play. Ever since I tried FF8. And to say what MS is doing trying to expand their library isn't working? I dont recall xbox 1 ever selling a few thousand units a week in Japan? Does anyone? No I dont think so and as long as MS keeps pushing Jrpg's people will always have a debate on their hands what system to buy. You really know why that is? Simple because the variety is there and every Xbox owner knows they got theirs money worth when it comes to video games.

Mad55, I agree because I know people too who love their jrpgs on the 360. But when something twitch based like Borderlands or Mass Effect 2 come out the sales numbers approach a much broader action oriented crowd on the 360. The two mistwalker titles aside I mentioned earlier, I don't think Echanted Arms, Star Ocean or Tales did any good numbers.

But its all relevant to the genre. Modern Warfare 2 raped on both systems, I mean just absolutely raped lifetime sales for even the best jrpgs ever, and did it in a couple weeks.

I would say oniyde that I agree and its time to stop focusing on this market for the 360 but truthfully you need to cater to everyone who games and jrpgs do still get love. If you realize games like this aren't going to sell comparatively on a system built for online frag play as the online frag fests do, you can accept it. I think it was most important for MS to try, and honestly 360 was for a while and probably still is the system to get if you love jrpgs. I think the tide is changing though and PS3 will rightfully take that crown back.

i still think is great that more people get to enjoy a good games. Except all the first party's games....i really don't see why 3rd parties wouldn't go multiplate....as long as they invest their time and do it properly.

This is just day one, can't wait to see first week.

@ oniyide i totally disagree people that i know love there 360 jrpgs you're just being bias cause you love your ps3. People care cause im people lmao.

@JPL78 yeah I just didnt think they would get trumped so soundly I was really expecting the sales to be at least closer like 60%-40% in favor of PS3. Blue Dragon was fun, but I hardly saw any advertisment. I give MS props for trying to broaden their library with JRPGs but lets be honest, it has not been working, like you said the fanbase really likes WRPGs, they should stick with that.

@fighter it seems your missing the bottom line. 360 version still got trumped. JRPGs will NOT be heading to 360. there have been JRPGs for 360 for years and like I said no one cares. 360 is Dragon Age, Fallout and Mass Effect terriorty. Id recommend getting PS3 for JRPG fix or even DS

oniyide, well saying the 360 would sell more copies was just ignorant and unexpected by anyone being realistic. I'm a big 360 fan and even I could have told you that wouldn't happen. Microsoft was just shooting their mouth off, like all the other companies do. I understand the big install base in North America but I still think a majority of those players like shooters and western RPGs. Blue Dragon didn't do well and I absolutely loved it. Same with Lost Odyssey. I just don't think 360 fans embrace JRPGs. That's all. Now Bioware or Bethesda games, those sell.

so the actual selling ratio exceeded that of pre-orders in favour of the 360 and it moved hardware !

excellent :-)

even more jrpgs should be heading to the 360 now

that 360 bundle was crap thats why it didnt sell. with an extra controller to play a single player game lol. SE just took the moneyhat like always and created a crappy bundle 2 days before the release date.

JPL78 yeah those arent bad sales, thats why I said scratch that. but for a franchise like FF with a large US install base for 360 it could have been much better. I disagree they were succesful, like I said before they wanted the 360 version to outsell PS3, that did not happen, so in fact they failed, when you try something it doesnt work, thats called failure. Im pretty sure that the bundles are inclued in these sales, which is even sadder all things considered

Big Surprise! Of course, FF XIII was going to be a success on PS3. I'm more curious about Yakuza 3 sales. That was the game to pick up this week.

I'm sure if FF XIII was a fps, sales would be through the roof on the 360.

I went to my local store today to get my FFXIII and I was in for a surprise.

No FFXIII PS3 version! Can't find it anywhere.

I said "There is 10 units on the 360 shelf where are the PS3 versions?"
But before she can speak I saw on the upper right of the PS3 shelf " Final Fantasy XIII $59.99 SOLD OUT"

Wow. this is full of Angry trolls in here.

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IOI, could you tell me if the sales include the bundled FF13 with 360. As I understand they have pretty much sold through in preorders of those. If FF13 360 sales dont include those then how much do you think have sold of the bundle?

I cant find a bundle anywhere for my mate.

oniyide, selling 160,000 copies in one day is bad? I'm sure Divinity 2 and Risen, both games that probably didn't even come close to that since they released, would probably beg to differ.

Alright, granted its not shooter numbers, most RPG fans, or the ones I've talked to who own 360s are tired of JRPGs and their overall lack of change meanwhile western action RPGs are innovating and expanding, offering a level of true freedom and in most cases tighter controls.

So no obviously FFXIII on an Xbox doesn't outsell the PS3 version. Most FF fans praise Sony as their lords. If I had a PS3 I would have gotten that version... but I'm happy to note that because it came out on 360 I had no reason to get a PS3 to begin with. So, in that regard I think Microsoft was successful in acquiring the game.

I wish i only liked one genre of games, would save me a LOT of money and time :D

Considering the pre-order gap was 2.5:1, I'd consider it progress when the gap shrinks down to 1.8:1 after day one. If you were to assume that the vast majority of HD twin owners chose the PS3 version, that would mean FF13 likely performed well with 360 owners who didn't have a PS3. And even if the 360 base were all shooter fans (which isn't true), from my personal observations among my peers, interest in shooters and Final Fantasy isn't mutually exclusive. Plenty of shooter fans (on both platforms) like Final Fantasy. FF is the MAINSTREAM'D jrpg. I have to say I underestimated interest for FF in North America (well maybe I didn't. It could very well be that my personal observations don't reflect the general population. We won't know for sure until the numbers come in). The general consensus among gamers IRL from what I've noticed (as opposed to the FF hardcores on the forums) is that the more fast-paced FF is a welcome addition to the series.

Let's hope that the game sells 1 million copies week one in just the Americas among both consoles

@Grey21

If PS2 owners have moved on already te must've all moved on to wii, because 360 and ps3 installed units combine right now arent even half that of what ps2 had. wich was in the 120-140 million range. ffxii came out towards the end of ps2 lifecycle, so, you're comparing the sales of a game with 120-140 million units installed, to that of one with about 72 million installed. possibly half ps2. i dont thimnk thats comparable personally, but to each is own.

The Xbox sales are terrible, you know what scratch that. its not about the sales. MS said something would happen and it didnt, im not disputing wether everyone knew the 360 version would sell better or not. They bought exclusive advertisement, lied about the quality of the game, and conviently didnt show shots of were the game was clearly inferior to the PS3 one. We can reason all day long, but at the end of the day, MS still failed in what they set out to do. I give them props for trying though

@gtcarro

Are you serious? The game was initially designed for the PS3. Therefore it stands to reason that it can end up being superior in some or all ways. But, do you really believe that your beloved Squeenix is going to release a sub-par game on any system? I've always thought of them as high quality developer of games especially for their flagship Final Fantasy series. I find it doubtful that this title is as bad as you think it is in comparison simply because of the reputation. However, it's possible that my assumption is wrong, in which case, maybe this game as a whole isn't as good as it should be, whatever system you play it on. Obviously, according to the way you wrote, the bad quality of the game on the system you so clearly despise is testament to Square-Enix's downfall.

My point is, maybe you should stop wasting your time posting needless and baseless 360 bashes and instead play your game. Or is the game so bad you couldn't stand to play it anymore and favored posting a message that was not constructive in the least?

It's save to say that the fast majority of the Final Fantasy 12 owners has made their way to a PS3 or 360 by now. The PS2's userbase was much larger but that also included people who got it for the eyetoy and singstar who are now mostly on the Wii (judging by the Wii's sales I'd say the PS2's userbase was large due to mainstreamers). So a comparison can be made, especially considering the average gamer buys more games this gen then they did last gen.

If the question is if a comparison should be made then I say no. The market is different with different tastes and competition, but if you look at that then you should never compair sales between games.

I wish these sites would stop comparing the sales figures of FFXIII and FFXII without mentioning that at te time of FFXII's release te PS2 had substantially more installed units than PS3 and 360 combined. That has waaaay more to do with the lower sales figures than XIII being on 360. If ur going to compare at least do it on a... per-unit basis. Er whatever.

@mighty it depends where you live. I work for the largest retailer in my small state of Connecticut and we are constantly sold out of PS3s.

Vermise, are you even a real person or just someone's alt designed to make PS3 fans look bad? Reported.

Ps3 are available. They are Not sold out!!! I don't know what small store you shop in (probably only get ten systems for the week shipped to them to last the weekend)
Go to Costco's, Ps3's are Stack to the ceiling, sold with Uncharted and Blue ray DVD remote and if that's not enough for you its called Amazon.com . How many you want? Enjoy. The Ps3 version may look "a little" better but Its the same story. meh... It came out on two HD systems with these numbers. I hope squenix is thinking long term sales.

Who The hell would want the 360 version... PS3 will win at the end! ALWAYS!!! Seriously!!! Who would buy a 360 over a PS3. The PS3 has so much more to offer... PSSSS33333333 ForEva BaBy!

When has Patcher ever been right anyways?

So much for Patcher or any analyst which predicted 360 version selling more...

ps3 is the best

What a great game!

It is quite natural that this game sells more on the PS3, because it is the best version.

Is a pitty that xbox360 doesn't have enough power to run properly FFXIII, but it is understandable, because this game has the standards of a PS3 exclusive, and like you all know PS3 exclusives are the top of the tops in graphic quality.

Unfortunately xbox360 version of FFXIII is a sub-HD game that only runs at 576p with a blury image.

If you have the 2 consoles and want to play the true HD version of FFXIII (with native 1080p cutscenes), buy the PS3 version where the graphics of this game are way better and truly amazing, and still manages to have the best performance.

Could someone from VGCHARTZ tell us if the sales include the 360 FF13 bundle. Only ask because it's sold out in my City. Thanks.

As I said in the forum post, these numbers are less than what ME2 did on 360 alone. Right?

Look at the damage control here.

It's too bad Sony can't provide enough PS3s to meet the demand that this month's releases have produced. Many people want the PS3 version, but they need a PS3 to play it on, and the consoles are hard to come by at this point. Leave it to Sony to shoot themselves in the foot.

@XanderZane

It is nonsense.
It is because SO4 is old. There are few people who buy 360 versions if the PS3 version and 360 versions are sales simultaneously. The SO fan bought 360 in Japan only for SO4. And, 360 might not be used afterwards.

assclown says:
pretty sad sell for xbox 360 due to the over 40 million console home base only 160 000 pre-sell... ... :P

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Not really as Final Fantasy was initially produced on the PS3, so there was always more anticipation for the game on that system. The PS3 version offers an exclusive in-game item if you register online. The 360 FF XIII bundle doesn't offer anything special at all. No designed FF XIII console. Even the FF XIII faceplate isn't included.

Considering Star Ocean still has more copies sold on the 360, then the PS3 in Japan even after 4 weeks of SO4 being out on PS3, says something. The 360 only has 1/4 consoles sold compared to the PS3 in Japan.

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=Star+Ocean

In Japan SO4 sold over 200K (164K it's first week) on the 360. It hasn't even sold over 150K on the PS3 yet. That's sad considering how everyone was screaming how superior the PS3 version was.

In any case. The FF XIII sales on the 360 are actually pretty good. This is only the 2nd Final Fantasy game to appear on an XBox system. I wouldn't expect a game like Fable would sell that well on the PS3 as it does on the 360 either.

LOL @ the xbox fanatics! "not long now till xbox version outsells ps3" hillarious as ever.....

360 selling more copies in NA is possible

@pterodactyl: Lol, not gonna happen.

Those combined numbers seem kinda small to me. But I don't track FF sales much so I could be wrong.

Shouldn't be long before the 360 version outsells the PS3 version in NA.

As much as I don't like the game being on the 360,I like seeing Final Fantasy sell.
I think the PS3 version will sell 5-6 million in it's life,while the 360 will sell 1.5-2 million.

Well you can't have it both ways. WRPGs and Shooters sell insane, sometime a 2:1 or even 3:1 ration on the 360. It's obvious JRPGs don't have the giant selling power on the 360, but enough to make it worth going multi platform or timed exclusive (being timed for TOV didn't seem to effect Japan's love to get TOV for PS3).

cool worldwide the sales this week will hit over a million maybe more

pretty sad sell for xbox 360 due to the over 40 million console home base only 160 000 pre-sell... :-(... :P

@Nybbas:

I m pretty sure that MS is trying to get the mixed kind of games the PS3 and the Wii has got, sometimes gamers get tired of guns and they want something different.

Similar to the DreamCast failure, it couldnt get a miscelaneous kind of games, it only kept the Arcades, so people started to lose interest on them and since SEGA was no MS to support their system as much as they are supporting X360, they had to shut down the DC.

I belive an MS system will never be the top system in any generation without a good mix of generes.

Good sales for the xbox 360 even for a big rpg game like final fantasy
Xbox end of the year sales 46 million
PS3 end of the year sales 40 Million
Wii end of the year sales 78 Million

forgot the /nerdrage

what these numbers REALLY show is, what I have been complaining about for years.... WHY THE HELL HAVE ALL THESE JRPG DEVELOPERS BEEN RELEASING EXCLUSIVE XBOX JRPG's?! It makes no sense, and don't these sales prove that? Unless MS was just heaping money onto them to get these big franchises/(and even new IP's) on their system first, doesn't this show it was a mistake? The PS3 userbase has a very large amount of traditional japanese RPG fans, while the 360... not so much...

Awesome sales for the 360 version, I guess Square-Enix wont be abandoning ship on the console anytime soon!!! :-)

i apologize if i offend anyone with my earlier posts but it seems to me that some peeps on here were just making some out of line comments in regards to the split of sales between the 2 versions of the game.once again ffxiii is a great game and PS3 IS A GREAT SYSTEM.

me?i don,t see any damage control on the part of 360 fans,it is just that the comments on here make it seem as if the 360 version would have outsell the ps3 version and i for one even though i own a 360 would not be diluded enough to ever think that the 360 ff would outsell the ps3 one.i for one think that ffxiii is a great game better on the ps3,but still great on the 360 with all it,s failings as far as some peeps are concerned,as a 360 owner for now,as i plan to get a ps3(too many great games on there for me not to notice) and as a gamer i would be doing myself fellow gamer and the industry a dis-service not to get a ps3,gow,heavy rain,last guardian etc.etc.

I dont agree with the statement that the X360 both hurted the PS3 sales and added sales to the overall game series.

The 20%-25% drop in PS3 sales i would suggest were cause of the VERY small user base compared to PS2´s.

I would agree more with the last part, it added a little bit more of sales, but i think the port was profitable with those numbers, may be by the end of the month we are going to see how it performs overhall since the Final Fantasy series are used to sell a high % of the total sales in their first weeks

Good Sales for the PS3 version.

Did anyone not see this coming?

probably looking at 750K first week. Fastest selling FF game in NA, I believe

Good job

Do 360 bundle sales count in these numbers? Just curious. I'm in the camp where these total numbers just seem low-ish.

@Hyruken

FFX did around 900K in its first NPD according to someone in another thread on here

so ermm how exactly is FF13 underperforming?

Seriously not seeing Halo Type Sales doesn't mean disappointing sales....I thought we got over this conundrum.

@onyride... well when FFXIII was first announced as also coming to the 360 back in '08, the 360 was the clear hardware leader in the western markets, and it was the logical and sensible thing for Square to do by putting FFXIII on the 360, considering development costs and the slow PS3 sales at the time.

The arrival of the PS3 Slim and subsequent price drop last year really helped to bolster the PS3's status, especially in Japan and Europe, and its sales have maintained a strong momentum through the holidays and into 2010, and the release of FFXIII as being the "definitive" version on the PS3 has only helped to continue its momentum.

@oniyide

Heavy Rain first week in NA = 208k. It won't outsell both version of FFXIII in NA at all.

at the risk of starting another war, didnt MS say that FF13 would sell better in the US on 360??? When you try to do something and it doesnt work, people call that FAIL. dont care what the #s are, its still fail

@Hyruken 100% argree. Heavy Rain beating FF13 is a shock, especially since HR is only out on one console

@PsicloneX my man, I dont even know what your getting at

@psicloneX

"when the talk all along from ps3 fanbois was how FF was a ps franchise so what did you expect?"

Ok, so now you want it to be s stfu moment for PS3 fans. But when PS3 fans were saying the same thing about GTAIV, and then the 360 version outsold it 2:1....what then? An "in your face" moment for 360 fans? So either way it goes with Playstation franchises, it's "stfu, what'd you expect" or "stfu, you were wrong"....

Damage control on behalf of 360 fans. Just like when we found out that the 360 version of the game was slightly to majorly inferior in several ways

ioi your numbers are most likely spot on. Here in CT however we did receive more 360 copies (32 versus 24 on PS3) but the PS3 is close to selling out while a good 20+ copies remain on the 360.

Given the amount of shipped copies in the US it can have some nice legs on the 360, though in the long run the PS3 version will still outsell it.

This falls in like with other PS3 exclusive titles going to the 360: Tekken, Virtua Fighter and now Final Fantasy.

Mass Effect would have a similar effect on the PS3. Why is everyone surprised? Some people on here are pretty ruthless.

i am starting to see why some people say that ps3 fanbois are the WORST ever on here.

@Jack
I don't understand that logic that it being multi-platform means it will sell less? Surely having 60m consoles to sell to rather then 30m means you have a chance to double your sales?
This was the first proper Final Fantasy game of this gen, it has not done as well as the last ff that started the last gen.

As i said the sales are slightly dissapointing. Heavy Rain might have a higher first week on the PS3 then its FF sales. If you said that before the games were released nobody would of believed it.

lol at the ps3 fanbois in this stating crap about 2.1 sales ps3vs360.when the talk all along from ps3 fanbois was how FF was a ps franchise so what did you expect?and at the link stating how ms said 360 ff would outsell the ps3 version that was crap from ms also.fact is 160.000 and more in the future will be enjoying on 360,so put a sock in it ok.ps.remember what was said about battlefield 2,look at gta iv.

I dont really see the 360 stole sales from the PS3 argument, even in Japan first week sales of XIII were around 300,000 less than first week sales of XII. In the US, XII also sold a little over 570,000 copies in the entire first week in the US and 423,000 in UE with 3x the user base. There are still 6 days of weekly sales to go but if anything is to be blamed its the smaller user base not multiplatform.

I do think reviews did have more of impact than most want to admit, this is the first FF since it was on the SNES that I am not buying week one...it just comes across from what I have seen as FF lite, I'll get it eventually (probably when I can find it on sale) but im just not excited about it enough to buy it now when there are other games that are more a sure thing for me.

It did ok, not bad, not amazing, just ok considering the hype and the fact that the game was in development for 5 years.

xbox sales might surpass ps3 sales in the long run.

Well done FF XIII, you stole potential PS3 sales. Therefore infuriating sony fans who think that making the game multiplatform "split" the fanbase, without looking at the overeall picture: SALES. The game is expected to sell 15-20 % more first week than FFXII in America which is an improvement, but i guess "Exlusivity" "Bragging Rights" and a feeling of justifying buying the most expensive console in the market is more important to them. Give me a break. Theres a Final Fantasy game on every console. S-E milks that shit dry with remakes, MMOS, ports.. etc.

@haeya_k
I love you.

mightyERone, are you ok?

Look you guys who read charts and Game sells. I been doing this before during and Now when games are and aren't selling. Those numbers are PATHETIC on two HD systems the have %50 of the market share. Only Fanboys of that series will buy it 1 player, no online. In my area even against those Supposed Big Retailers. My store move more games than most of them. "Right now" its selling more on 360 than Ps3 contrary to what your reading Your the FANBOY idiot!! I just sell games. DS rules Squenix's biggest selling franchise this gen is Dragon Quest. So I say again, Time to move along here nothing to see here

also, on the amount of sales.
i think its doing pretty well. sold more than mass effect 2 and heavy rain on week one.

I actually had this feelng that FF xiii will not have any grand opening nor any grand total sales. And to tell the truth 5-6 million ltd is the most i would suspect this game of, quite poor compared to the old days.

man, someone tell that doughball its sold more on the ps3...

@ Crystalchild

Idiot isn't the word.

I think this may be a case where they actuallty over shipped....

LOL!!! That PATHETIC!!! Its selling more on Xbox 360. thought this was a Sony established franchise. Time for square to move on to something else. Bring on Dragon Quest IX!!!

Good, not great. happy for the PS3 sales

@ Hyruken

You can't compare FFXIII to FFX since one is multiplat and one is exclusive. Obviously FFXIII is not going to sell as well on the PS3 when it's also available on the 360. FFX benefited from the fact that the PS2 was the ONLY console people can purchase the game on. That should be pretty obvious.

PS3 ahead.

As expected.

Compared to the first Final Fantasy of the last get (X) these sales are not very good really. I am a bit surprised it only sold 300k on PS3, i expected a lot higher then that. Got no chance of making 1m in its 1st week. Which is a shame as i really like the game.

@nightsurge

Have you been checking the preorder charts lately? They always showed the PS3 at almost a 65/35 split over the 360. Why does this surprise you? Because more people in your area bought it on 360?

I live on a college campus, where most people have 360s because of XBL and Xbox has been cheaper than the PS3 for a while (we college students are pretty much broke, you know). And at the midnight launch, I saw WAY more people walking away with the PS3 version than the 360 version. To the point that when I poked my head into the back room where they had the stock pile of the games, the PS3 version was almost out and the 360 version had only gone through about 15-20% of its stock

@kowen

I don't think it would've sold "many more". But I'd bet it'd sell the same. None of the former PS3 exclusives of this gen have surpassed their PS2 counterparts (in total sales). Simply meaning that, despite people always defending multiplatform status with "it's silly to go exclusive, you're ignoring so many millions", going multiplatform didn't "expand" the audience at all. The audience just split itself between two consoles now. You're seeing the same numbers across two platforms that did on one platform last gen.

However, look at another PS3 exclusive: MGS4. It stayed exclusive, and what happened. Oh, it only outsold MGS3, which is considered by many to be the best in the series.

It's a matter of overlap between the two consoles. Many 360 owners were PS2 owners last year, so one sale of a game on 360 isn't necessarily whatever the PS3 *would've* sold had it been exclusive, +1 one more ("expanding" the audience". No, most of the time, 1 sale on the 360 on these games = -1 sale for the PS3 (audience overlap). Not 100% true, but I bet over 85% of the time it is.

binary solo, I didn't mean to imply that the US should be completely opposite and have a 65/35 split in 360 favor. I know every area varies. I just expected it to be closer to a 50/50 split in the US especially given that some areas like mine saw much more 360 sales.

FF13 doesn't really fit the 360 user base's RPG style... that of a more open world style... I was expecting a 2:1 at least here in the US

Why would people expect more? Look at previous FF games in the Americas - this is pretty much in line...