Final Fantasy VII is widely considered to be THE game that brought the Japanese Role Playing Game (JRPG) style to the mainstream outside of Japan. It had the highest sales worldwide for the series at the time. Sony was a big player in the game's release in other regions, offering to help Squaresoft with the publishing, probably in hopes of increasing console sales in the competition with Nintendo and Sega.
In the USA, in particular, there was a huge marketing push for the game, showcasing only t