Editing Civilization IV (section)

===Sales===
''Civilization IV'' was a commercial success, and sold more than 1 million units by mid-March 2006. By that time, it had held a top-10 position on every weekly computer game sales chart released by [[The NPD Group]] since the game's launch.<ref name=1mil>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225182524/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146077.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/news/6146077.html | title=Warlords overrun ''Civilization IV'' | date=March 16, 2006 | author=Thorsen, Tor | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=December 25, 2006 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> NPD declared ''Civilization IV'' the 11th-best-selling computer game of 2005,<ref name=npd2005>{{cite report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821024019/http://theesa.com/archives/files/Essential%20Facts%202006.pdf | url=http://theesa.com/archives/files/Essential%20Facts%202006.pdf | title=Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry; 2006 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data | date=May 10, 2006 | publisher=[[Entertainment Software Association]] | archive-date=August 21, 2006 | url-status=dead | page=5 }}</ref> and it rose to ninth place on the firm's annual computer game sales chart for the following year.<ref name=npd2006>{{cite report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326170659/http://www.theesa.com/archives/files/ESA-EF%202007.pdf | url=http://www.theesa.com/archives/files/ESA-EF%202007.pdf | title=Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry; 2007 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data | date=June 2007 | publisher=[[Entertainment Software Association]] | archive-date=March 26, 2008 | page=6 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It returned to NPD's year-end top 20 in 2008 with a 13th-place finish.<ref name=npd2008>{{cite report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611165441/http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2009.pdf | url=http://www.theesa.com:80/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2009.pdf | title=Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry; 2009 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data | date=2009 | archive-date=June 11, 2009 | publisher=[[Entertainment Software Association]] | page=8 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> The game also received a "Silver" sales award from the [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref name=silverelspa>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154943/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3942 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver |work=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-date=February 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 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> According to Take-Two Interactive, sales of ''Civilization IV'' surpassed 3 million units by March 2008.<ref name=3m>{{cite report | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408234728/http://taketwovalue.com/documents/TTWO_Value.pdf| url=http://taketwovalue.com/documents/TTWO_Value.pdf | title=Recommendation of the Board of Directors to Reject Electronic Arts Inc.'s Tender Offer | date=March 25, 2008 | publisher=[[Take-Two Interactive]] | archive-date=April 8, 2008 | page=16 | url-status=dead }}</ref>