UK charts: PS3 beats 360 in battle of FFXIII

Final Fantasy XIII has gone straight into into the UK charts at number one, with the PS3 version beating the Xbox 360 SKU with sales of 54 percent to 360's 46 percent.

The game was released last week in the west on both platforms, with 5 million units shipped worldwide.

Over 96 million of the series has shipped since its beginnings over 20 years ago.

Top ten is below. Last week's data is here.

• 1 - Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, Square Enix)
• 2 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA DICE, EA)
• 3 - Just Dance (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
• 4 - Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream, SCE)
• 5 - Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Nintendo)
• 6 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision-Blizzard)
• 7 - Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (Sumo Digital, Sega)
• 8 - Aliens vs Predator (Rebellion, Sega)
• 9 - Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Nintendo)
• 10 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Nintendo)