Editing Planescape: Torment (section)

===Sales===
In the United States, ''Planescape: Torment'' sold 73,000 copies by March 2000,<ref name="desslocksales2">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010203124200/http://desslock.gamespot.com/archives/200005/20000511.html |url=http://desslock.gamespot.com:80/archives/200005/20000511.html |title=Desslock's Ramblings – RPG Sales Figures |author=Desslock |date=May 11, 2000 |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=February 3, 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a figure that Desslock of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' regarded as substandard.<ref name="desslocksales">{{cite magazine |title=RPG Sales; The Wizards at Wal-Mart | author=Desslock |issue=193 |date=August 2000 |pages=134 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> Comparing the game's commercial performance to that of ''[[Ultima IX: Ascension]]'', Desslock remarked that "most of ''Torment''{{'s}} sales have been in the year 2000, while ''Ascension''{{'s}} sales were predominantly in 1999, even though ''Ascension'' was released later in 1999 than ''Torment''." He attributed ''Torment''{{'s}} relative sales growth in its second year to positive reviews and [[word of mouth]].<ref name=desslocksales2 />

In the United Kingdom, ''Torment'' appeared at No. 3 on [[Chart-Track]]'s weekly computer game sales list for the January 9–15, 2000 period.<ref name="charttrack1">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206153259/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/025/174/chart_trak_jan22.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/025/174/chart_trak_jan22.html | title=''Championship Manager: Season 99/00'' Tops U.K. Retail Charts | date=January 26, 2000 | author=Fudge, James | archive-date=February 6, 2005 | work=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> The game remained in the Chart-Track weekly top 5 for another two weeks,<ref name=charttrack1 /><ref name="charttrack2">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209073738/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/026/009/chart_trak_jan29.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/026/009/chart_trak_jan29.html | title=''Championship Manager: Season 99/00'' still on top of U.K. Retail Charts | author=Fudge, James | date=February 3, 2000 | archive-date=February 9, 2005 | work=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> and secured a third-place debut on the firm's monthly top 10. Richie Shoemaker of ''[[PC Zone]]'' noted at the time, "January saw only one new release make an impact: the bizarre role-player from Black Isle Studios, ''Planescape: Torment''."<ref name="ctjan2000">{{cite journal | title=Charts; The ChartTrack Top 10 | author=Shoemaker, Richie | issue=87 | date=March 2000 | journal=[[PC Zone]] }}</ref> In the German market, the game sold 50,000 units by mid-2000, after debuting at No. 6 on the charts in January. It proceeded to claim positions 12, 30 and 53 from February through April. According to ''[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]]'', Virgin Interactive was "only slightly disappointed" by its commercial performance in the region; writer Udo Hoffman noted that the game by nature was tailored to "a more mature and therefore smaller target group."<ref name="nach">{{cite journal | author=Hoffman, Udo | title=NachSpiel | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | date=July 2000 | pages=26, 27 }}</ref>

Ernest Adams of [[Gamasutra]] later described ''Torment''{{'s}} overall performance as a "commercial disappointment".<ref name="Gama Adams" /> According to Chris Avellone, the game was not a major monetary success, but was ultimately profitable.<ref name="RPGWatch1" /> In 2017, Brian Fargo estimated the game's lifetime retail sales as roughly 400,000 units.<ref name="400k">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720173213/http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=10604 | url=http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=10604 | title=RPG Codex Report: A Codexian Visit to inXile Entertainment | date=April 13, 2017 | archive-date=July 20, 2017 | work=RPG Codex | url-status=live }}</ref>