Square Enix released their Q2 financial reports earlier today and held a conference to discuss them.  Square Enix is having an amazing year thus far, bolstered by Dissidia's  international sales and the release of Dragon Quest IX in Japan.  During the first half of the fiscal year, they've already sold more games then the entirety of the previous fiscal year, in fact. 

Square isn't done, either.  While they've sold 12 million software units so far, they expect to double up to 26 million by the end of the fiscal year.  This will obviously be helped by the Final Fantasy XIII, Star Ocean 4 International and Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep launches in Japan.

They may also be aiming to release Final Fantasy XIII this year in the West.  When CEO Yoichi Wada was grilled about the Western release of Final Fantasy XIII, he said everything was progressing smoothly.  He also explicitly said it's possible to get the game out before the end of the fiscal year internationally.

In layman's terms, that means we could be seeing Final Fantasy XIII before March 2010.  The PS3 already has an incredible line up of RPGs heading West next year, with Resonance of Fate, White Knight Chronicles, and Star Ocean 4 due early in the year.  Looks like FFXIII could be crashing the party as well!