Editing Microsoft Train Simulator (section)

==Reception==

===Critic reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 84/100<ref name=mc>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/microsoft-train-simulator/ | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | website=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204140543/https://www.metacritic.com/game/microsoft-train-simulator/ | archive-date=December 4, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_206.pdf | title=Get Onboard (''Microsoft Train Simulator'' Review) | author=Case, Loyd | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | issue=206 | date=September 2001 | page=88 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029203725/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_206.pdf | archive-date=October 29, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| EPD = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6785&full=1 | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | author=MacIsaac, Jason | date=September 25, 2001 | website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020821062311/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6785&full=1 | archive-date=August 21, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| EuroG = 6/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-trainsim | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | author=Bye, John "Gestalt" | date=July 24, 2001 | website=[[Eurogamer]] | publisher=[[Gamer Network]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010806072401/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_trainsim | archive-date=August 6, 2001 | url-status=live | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/train-simulator-review/1900-2772911/ | title=Train Simulator Review | author=Osborne, Scott | date=June 11, 2001 | website=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=Fandom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624093617/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2772911,00.html | archive-date=June 24, 2001 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| GSpy = 81%<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/june01/trainsim/ | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | author=McConnaughy, Tim | date=June 24, 2001 | website=[[GameSpy]] | publisher=GameSpy Industries | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602015723/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/june01/trainsim/ | archive-date=June 2, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
| GameZone = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15855.htm | title=Microsoft Train Simulator Review | author=Lafferty, Michael | date=June 11, 2001 | website=GameZone | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001235847/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15855.htm | archive-date=October 1, 2008 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/20/train-simulator | title=Train Simulator | author=Butts, Steve | date=June 20, 2001 | website=[[IGN]] | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521012234/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/20/train-simulator | archive-date=May 21, 2019 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=ngen>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen81Sep2001/page/n91/mode/2up | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | author=Lee, John | magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] | publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] | issue=81 | date=September 2001 | page=90 | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 87%<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | magazine=[[PC Gamer]] | publisher=Imagine Media | volume=8 | issue=9 | date=September 2001}}</ref>
| PCZone = 80%<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_106_2001-09_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n71/mode/2up | title=Microsoft Train Simulator | author=Presley, Paul | magazine=[[PC Zone]] | publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] | issue=106 | date=September 2001 | page=72 | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/072501_trainsim.html | title='Train Simulator' on the right track | author=Saltzman, Marc | date=July 25, 2001 | newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] | publisher=[[Gannett Company]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010811133615/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/072501_trainsim.html | archive-date=August 11, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
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The game received "favorable" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=mc/> John Lee of ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' said of the game, "All aboard for HO scale fans, [[Trainspotters in the United Kingdom|trainspotters]], and nostalgic [[rail buff]]s. Train haters, however, may prefer the old cliché, [[Peggy Lee|'Run for the roundhouse, boys. They can't corner you there.']]"<ref name=ngen/>

===Sales===
The game sold 191,952 units in the U.S. by the end of 2001, which drew revenues of $8.7 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cat.nyu.edu/current/news/media/marklesimcity.pdf | title=Markle Forum on Children and Media | author=Bradshaw, Lucy | date=January 31, 2002 | website=[[Maxis]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619191112/https://cat.nyu.edu/current/news/media/marklesimcity.pdf | archive-date=June 19, 2004 | url-status=dead}}</ref> These numbers rose to 330,000 units ($11.6 million) in the U.S. by August 2006. This led ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' to rank it as the country's 54th-best-selling computer game released in the 21st century in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/5/ | title=The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century (Page 5) | author=Edge staff | date=August 25, 2006 | magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] | publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017165827/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/5/ | archive-date=October 17, 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>

Internationally, the game received a "Silver" sales award from the [[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 | title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver | website=[[The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment|Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154943/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 | archive-date=February 21, 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 units in the UK.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/elspa-i-wii-fit-mario-kart-i-reach-diamond-status-in-uk | title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 | website=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] | publisher=[[Informa]] | 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 | archive-date=September 18, 2017 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> In the German market, the [[:de:Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland|Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland]] (VUD) presented it with a "Gold" certification in early 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vud.de/presse/januar2003.php3 | title=VUD-SALES-AWARDS Januar 2003 | language=de | date=January 2003 | website=Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422013331/http://www.vud.de/presse/januar2003.php3 | archive-date=April 22, 2003 | url-status=dead}}</ref> for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/vud-gold-awards-2003,1290773.html | title=VUD-Gold-Awards 2003 | language=de | author=Horn, André | date=January 12, 2004 | magazine=[[GamePro|GamePro Germany]] | publisher=[[Webedia]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718145345/https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/vud-gold-awards-2003,1290773.html | archive-date=July 18, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The game sold one million units by 2005,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2005/jun/24/eatakesthetr | title=EA takes the train | author=Stuart, Keith | date=June 24, 2005 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005020902/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2005/jun/24/eatakesthetr | archive-date=October 5, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> and, despite its age, is still very popular and has a large, active community.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/09/06/gears-of-war-39-s-rod-fergusson-on-the-franchise-39-s-past-and-his-optimism-for-the-future.aspx | title=Gears Of War's Rod Fergusson On the Franchise's Past And His Optimism For The Future | author=Hilliard, Kyle | date=September 6, 2014 | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | publisher=[[GameStop]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410235821/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/09/06/gears-of-war-39-s-rod-fergusson-on-the-franchise-39-s-past-and-his-optimism-for-the-future.aspx | archive-date=April 10, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>

===Awards===
The game was nominated for the "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year|PC Simulation]]" award at the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]' [[5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], which ultimately went to ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-5/winners.asp | title=5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Winners | website=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603022924/http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-5/winners.asp | archive-date=June 3, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref>

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