Editing Need for Speed: Underground (section)

===Sales===
According to Electronic Arts, ''Need for Speed: Underground'' was a commercial hit, with sales above 7 million units worldwide by mid-2004.<ref name=7mil>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823070959/http://www.multiplayer.it/b2b/articoli.php3?id=11489 | url=http://www.multiplayer.it/b2b/articoli.php3?id=11489 | title=EA: risultati finanziari | date=July 26, 2004 | author=B2B Staff | work=[[:it:Multiplayer.it|Multiplayer.it]] | language=it | archive-date=August 23, 2004 | url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Underground'' ultimately sold 15 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kollar|first1=Philip|title=Need for Speed lets you drive how you want, and future NFS games probably will too|url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/17/8801245/need-for-speed-drive-how-you-want-future-new-game|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|access-date=22 August 2015|date=17 June 2015|archive-date=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102170021/http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/17/8801245/need-for-speed-drive-how-you-want-future-new-game|url-status=live}}</ref>

By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of ''Underground'' had sold 2.6 million copies and earned $115 million in the United States alone. ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' ranked it as the sixth highest-selling game launched for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] or [[GameCube]] between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. It was the highest-selling ''Need for Speed'' game released between those dates in the United States.<ref name=nextgensales2>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century|author1=Campbell, Colin |author2=Keiser, Joe | date=July 29, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The PlayStation 2 version also received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref name=dpelspa>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520070249/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3945 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3945 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Double Platinum |work=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom,<ref name=gamasutrasales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: ''Wii Fit'', ''Mario Kart'' Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> where it had sold 700,000 copies by January 2004.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Reed|first=Kristan|date=20 January 2004|title=UK Charts: A month in the top spot for Need for Speed|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/uk-charts-a-month-in-the-top-spot-for-need-for-speed|access-date=2021-11-09|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]|archive-date=2022-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326111204/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/uk-charts-a-month-in-the-top-spot-for-need-for-speed|url-status=live}}</ref>