Square Enix: Final Fantasy XV is the fastest-selling game ever for the series

Final Fantasy XV has returned the franchise to the top both with its critical reception and sales.

Publisher Square Enix confirmed today that it has shipped 5 million copies of the action role-playing game in the United States, when you combine digital sales and physical retail. That officially makes FFXV the fastest-selling game in the history of the Final Fantasy series in the U.S. (it debuted here in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System). That is huge for Square Enix, which has spent a decade developing the game going back to its original reveal as Final Fantasy Versus XIII in 2006. It also shows that the series, which was once considered by many to be the biggest in the world following the release of Final Fantasy VII for the original PlayStation in 1997, still has a huge built-in fan base that will come out to support a new entry if they like it.