The Japanese Final Fantasy VII Remake Twitter account announced on August 7 that the game has passed 5 million copies sold around the world.
The 5 million copies sold include both the physical release and the digital version, which by itself was downloaded over 2 million times since the Remake was released on April 10.
The original Final Fantasy VII, which came out in 1997 and re-released several times, has sold an estimated 12.6 million copies worldwide in the 23 years since it released.