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===Sales=== In the United States, ''Civilization III'' entered [[NPD Intelect]]'s weekly computer game sales rankings at #1 for October 28–November 3, 2001. Its ''Collectors Edition'' [[Stock keeping unit|SKU]] claimed second during the period.<ref name=week1>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011213221904/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2824649,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2824649,00.html | title=''Civilization III'' takes first and second place | author=Walker, Trey | date=November 14, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=December 13, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> Thanks to this debut, ''Civilization III'' became the country's fourth-best-selling computer title of October as a whole, with an average retail price of $49.<ref name=oct2001>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202103635/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2828791,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2828791,00.html | title=''Hot Date'' holds off ''Harry Potter'' | author=Walker, Trey | date=November 29, 2001 | archive-date=December 2, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> In its second week of availability, the game was pushed to #2 by ''[[Backyard Basketball]]'', and the ''Collectors Edition'' was absent from the top 10.<ref name=week2>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011123115511/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2826679,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2826679,00.html | title=Humongous takes the lead | author=Walker, Trey | date=November 21, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=November 23, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> Firaxis's title remained in NPD's weekly top 10 from November 11–December 1,<ref name=oct2001 /><ref name=week4>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011207105347/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2830271,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2830271,00.html | title=''Hot Date'' still hot | author=Walker, Trey | date=December 5, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=December 7, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=week5>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011214151701/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2832176,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2832176,00.html | title=''Harry Potter'' beats ''Hot Date'' | author=Walker, Trey | date=December 12, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=December 14, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> and took sixth place for November as a whole.<ref name=nov2001>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213013550/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2833845,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2833845,00.html | title=''Hot Date'' rules November | author=Walker, Trey | date=December 19, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=February 13, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> After an absence,<ref name=nov2001 /><ref name=gone>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020105131539/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2835972,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2835972,00.html | title=''Harry Potter'' on top again | author=Walker, Trey | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=January 5, 2002 | date=January 3, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> it reappeared in the weekly top 10 twice during December and secured 11th for the month.<ref name=dec1>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020202043938/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2836292,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2836292,00.html | title=EA takes three | author=Walker, Trey | work=[[GameSpot]] | date=January 4, 2002 | archive-date=February 2, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=dec2>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111194504/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2837643,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2837643,00.html | title=''Sims'' games dominate year-end PC game sales | author=Walker, Trey | date=January 9, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=January 11, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=dec2001>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020127002855/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2841779,00.html | url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2841779,00.html | title=''Harry Potter'' takes December | author=Walker, Trey | date=January 23, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=January 27, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=July 4, 2019 }}</ref> ''Civilization III'' finished 2001 with domestic sales of 294,789 units, for revenues of $13.5 million.<ref name=2001nyu>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619191112/https://cat.nyu.edu/current/news/media/marklesimcity.pdf | url=https://cat.nyu.edu/current/news/media/marklesimcity.pdf | title=Markle Forum on Children and Media | author=Bradshaw, Lucy | author-link=Lucy Bradshaw (game developer) | date=January 31, 2002 | publisher=[[New York University]] | archive-date=June 19, 2004 | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Civilization III'' sold 550,000 copies and earned $21.7 million in the United States by August 2006. At the time, this led ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' to declare it the country's 21st-best-selling computer game released since January 2000. Combined sales of all ''Civilization'' titles released during the 2000s totaled 2.5 million units by 2006.<ref name=edgesales>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017165955/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |title=The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century| author=''Edge'' Staff | date=August 25, 2006 |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Internationally, ''Civilization III'' 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>
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