Dead Island - Sold Over 5 million Copies

Via Gamebanshee comes a press release from Deep Silver announcing that Dead Island has sold (as in sold through) more than 5 million copies. A snip from the press release:

Deep Silver today announced they have achieved a major milestone in worldwide sales for the zombie action game Dead Island. Since its release in September of 2011, Dead Island has sold-through over five million copies worldwide and still maintains an exceptional strong sales rate in all channels. This achievement includes sales from both retail and digital versions.