How Do You Top Final Fantasy XIII? You Release Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Particularly when you've just launched games with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest in the title. Which Square Enix has just done.

Then there was the acquisition of Eidos who published last year's sleeper hit, Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Aimed at mid-and long-term growth for the Square Enix Group, we have made solid progress in our business plan set out at the beginning of the fiscal year. We are pleased with the success of our Final Fantasy XIII launch in Japan on December 17, where we successfully shipped 1.8 million units in this market with a PlayStation 3 installed base of 4 million. And, through our improved localization systems, we were able to set a March launch date in North America and Europe."

Good on Square Enix too. Good luck topping '09!