With the end of the fiscal year 2003/2004 approaching, companies are readying their major titles for a release until March 31st. Yesterday the first two highly anticipated RPGs of the season hit Japanese retail store shelves. The two versions of Nippon Ichi Software's newest PlayStation 2 offering Phantom Brave sold a combined 68,087 copies. The limited edition boasted a sell-through rate of 71.1%, whereas 62.6% of the standard version's shipment found its ways into the game collections of Japanese fans. In the meantime, Square Enix's Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut sold 57,578 copies on a sell-through rate of 68.7%.

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