Final Fantasy VII Remake shipped 3.5M copies in three days

Final Fantasy VII, released in 1997, had sold more than 12.6 million units worldwide and remained Square Enix's most beloved property, but fans had waited decades for a proper remake. The company finally announced one in 2015 and released the first installment on April 10, 2020.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is not a compressed retelling: it expands the original's Midgar story with new elements and is planned as the first of multiple parts, blending command-based strategy with real-time action and modern graphics.

Square Enix announced that the game shipped and digitally sold over 3.5 million units worldwide within three days of launch, calling digital sales 'exceptional' and still growing. Some stores ran short of physical copies, and the publisher said it was shipping more.

Final Fantasy VII Remake shipped and digitally sold 3.5M units worldwide in its first three days on PS4, with digital sales called 'exceptional' and still growing.

The 1997 original had sold over 12.6M units worldwide.

Square Enix expanded Midgar into a multi-part game.

Action-and-command combat modernized the classic.

3.5M units shipped and sold in the first three days.

Digital sales were 'exceptional' and still growing.

Remake a classic by expanding it, not just polishing it: Square Enix turned FF7's Midgar into a multi-part game, and nostalgia plus action combat sold 3.5M copies in three days.

The launch validated Square Enix's multi-part remake strategy — the official announcement described the game as the first of multiple planned parts — and showed that a decades-old game brand, rebuilt for modern hardware, could still sell millions in days. Physical stock shortages at launch were met with additional shipments.