1.5 million FFXII units sold in opening week

IGN reports, which is a record for the merged Square Enix, even though Square has seen bigger sales previously.

Meanwhile some IGN editor vents his disapointment at the game.

My jury's still out. I just hope when they come back they'll have some slippery shrimp leftover, mmmmm slippery shrimp.

Also Gamespot has reviewed Xbox 360's big title of the year Gears of War quite favorably. Doesn't look like my cup of tea at all but pAjAmO was interested in it.