Editing Half-Life (video game) (section)

=== Sales ===
According to Newell, ''Half-Life'' was budgeted with the expectation of lifetime sales of around 180,000 copies.<ref name="bizjournals1" /> However, it was a surprise hit.<ref name="bizjournals1" /> In the United States, ''Half-Life'' debuted at #8 on [[PC Data]]'s weekly PC game sales chart for the November 15–21 period, with an average retail price (ARP) of $49.<ref name="nov1521">{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Robert |date=December 9, 1998 |title=''Deer Hunter II'' Returns to the Throne |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/013/pc_data_112198.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406152939/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/013/pc_data_112198.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> It rose to sixth place the following week,<ref name="nextweek">{{Cite web |date=December 9, 1998 |title=PC Data Best Sellers |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/98_12/09_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000614043550/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_12/09_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=June 14, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> before dropping to position 10 for the week ending December 5.<ref name="thirdweek">{{Cite web |date=December 15, 1998 |title=Tiny Plastic Woman Beats on ''Half-Life'' |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/98_12/15_pc_chart/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000621170836/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_12/15_pc_chart/index.html |archive-date=June 21, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> During the December 6–12 period, the game climbed back to sixth place; by this time, its ARP had dropped to $36.<ref name="fourthweek">{{Cite web |date=December 22, 1998 |title=Barbie Holds PC Charts |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/98_12/22_pc_data/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000606230100/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_12/22_pc_data/index.html |archive-date=June 6, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> It placed between sixth and eighth on PC Data's weekly charts through the end of December,<ref name="fifthweek">{{Cite web |last=Fudge |first=James |date=January 8, 1999 |title=''Deer Hunter 2 3D'' Tops Charts |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/133/pc_data_121398.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407232432/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/133/pc_data_121398.html |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref><ref name="sixthweek">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 1999 |title=''Deer Hunters'' Still on Top |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_01/08_pc_data/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000311205341/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_01/08_pc_data/index.html |archive-date=March 11, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="seventhweek">{{Cite web |last=Mullen |first=Micheal |date=January 12, 1999 |title=''Brood War'' Tops PC Data List |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_01/12_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229134100/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_01/12_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=February 29, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> and its ARP rose back to $45 by the week ending January 2.<ref name="seventhweek" /> PC Data declared ''Half-Life'' November's sixth-best-selling PC game in the United States,<ref name="nov1998">{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Robert |date=December 13, 1998 |title=November Belongs to ''Deer Hunter 2 3D'' |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/025/pc_data_november.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406162520/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/025/pc_data_november.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |access-date=July 2, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> a position it held for the month of December.<ref name="dec1998">{{Cite web |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=January 15, 1999 |title=''Deer Hunter II'' Tops Charts |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/162/pc_data_december.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502210227/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/162/pc_data_december.html |archive-date=May 2, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> While its US sales were below 100,000 copies by November 30,<ref name="stormy">{{Cite news |last=Biederman |first=Christine |date=January 14, 1999 |title=Stormy weather |work=[[Dallas Observer]] |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-01-14/news/stormy-weather/all/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003002653/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-01-14/news/stormy-weather/all/ |archive-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> by 1999 it had sold 212,173 copies and earned revenues of $8.6 million in the United States by the end of 1998.<ref name="pcgsales2">{{Cite journal |date=April 1999 |title=The Numbers Game |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |volume=6 |issue=4 |page=50}}</ref>

In January 1999, ''Half-Life'' debuted at #3 on [[Chart-Track]]'s PC game sales rankings for the United Kingdom,<ref name="pczonechart3">{{Cite journal |last=McNicholas |first=Conor |date=February 1999 |title=Charts; The ChartTrack Top 10 |journal=[[PC Zone]] |issue=73 |page=30}}</ref> and remained in PC Data's weekly top 10 for the entire month, peaking at #4.<ref name="eighthweek">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=January 19, 1999 |title=''StarCraft: Brood Wars'' Tops Charts, ''Baldur's Gate'' Close Behind |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/180/pc_data_010399.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406153004/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/180/pc_data_010399.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref><ref name="ninthweek">{{Cite web |date=January 27, 1999 |title=''Brood Wars'' Rules the Week's Charts |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_01/27_pc_pcweek/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308200651/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_01/27_pc_pcweek/index.html |archive-date=March 8, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="tenthweek">{{Cite web |date=February 2, 1999 |title=Baldur's Gate in the Lead |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_02/02_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226140236/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/02_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=February 26, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="11thweek">{{Cite web |date=February 9, 1999 |title=''SimCity 3000'': Top Seller |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_02/09_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308051520/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/09_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=March 8, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="12thweek">{{Cite web |date=February 18, 1999 |title=''SimCity 3000'' On Top |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_02/18_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229020727/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/18_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=February 29, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> By January 19, after two full months of availability, global sales of ''Half-Life'' surpassed 500,000 units.<ref name="bizjournals1">{{Cite web |last=Baker, M. Sharon |date=February 26, 1999 |title=A Charmed ''Half-Life'' |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/03/01/smallb1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030219095208/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/03/01/smallb1.html |archive-date=February 19, 2003 |website=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]}}</ref> In the United States, it was the fifth-best-selling PC game for the month of January.<ref name="jan1999">{{Cite web |last=Mullen, Micheal |date=February 16, 1999 |title=January's Top Sellers |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_02/16_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000607002432/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/16_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=June 7, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> On PC Data's weekly charts, it rose to #2 from February 7–20, with an ARP of $35.<ref name="13thweek">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=February 23, 1999 |title=''Sim City 3000'' Hangs Tough at Top Spot |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/018/011/pc_data_020799.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407232438/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/018/011/pc_data_020799.html |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref><ref name="14th15th">{{Cite web |date=March 10, 1999 |title=''SimCity'' Packs 'Em In |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_03/10_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001119001100/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_03/10_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=November 19, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> Holding a position in the weekly top 10 for the rest of February,<ref name="14th15th" /><ref name="16thweek">{{Cite web |date=March 16, 1999 |title=''SimCity 3000'' Still Top Seller |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_03/16_pc_stats/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303021228/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_03/16_pc_stats/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> it climbed to fourth for the month.<ref name="feb1999">{{Cite web |date=March 15, 1999 |title=''Sim City 3000'' Takes February |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_03/15_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991108210548/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_03/15_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=November 8, 1999 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> The game remained in PC Data's weekly top 10 until the week of March 21<ref name="17thweek">{{Cite web |date=March 25, 1999 |title=''SimCity'' Still Number 1 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_03/25_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000603050228/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_03/25_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=June 3, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref><ref name="18thweek">{{Cite web |date=April 5, 1999 |title=SimCity'' Beats Back ''EverQuest |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_04/05_pc_pcdata/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619151850/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_04/05_pc_pcdata/index.html |archive-date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> and dropped to position 11 for March as a whole.<ref name="mar1999">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=April 16, 1999 |title=EA Tops Charts |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/019/039/pc_data_march99.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407232621/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/019/039/pc_data_march99.html |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it placed second in February—behind the debut of ''[[Baldur's Gate (video game)|Baldur's Gate]]''—and fifth in March.<ref name="pczonechart4">{{Cite journal |last=Shoemaker, Richie |date=March 1999 |title=Charts; The ChartTrack Top 10 |journal=[[PC Zone]] |issue=74 |page=74}}</ref><ref name="pczonechart5">{{Cite journal |last=Shoemaker, Richie |date=May 1999 |title=Charts; The ChartTrack Top 10 |journal=[[PC Zone]] |issue=76 |page=26}}</ref> In April, it claimed #3 on Chart-Track's rankings and dropped to #16 on those of PC Data.<ref name="pczonechart5" /><ref name="april1999">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=May 17, 1999 |title=''Civilization: Call To Power'' tops April chart |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/020/019/pc_data_april99.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502210048/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/020/019/pc_data_april99.html |archive-date=May 2, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> On April 23, Sierra announced that global sales of ''Half-Life'' had reached almost 1 million copies.<ref name="near1">{{Cite press release |title=Sierra Studios to Deliver Best-Selling ''Half-Life'' to the Mac |date=April 23, 1999 |publisher=[[Sierra On-Line]] |location=Bellevue, Washington |url=http://www.sierrastudios.com:80/games/half-life/pressroom/macintosh.html |access-date=July 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009051045/http://www.sierrastudios.com/games/half-life/pressroom/macintosh.html |archive-date=October 9, 1999}}</ref>

After maintaining the 16th place for May in the US,<ref name="cdmagsales1">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=June 15, 1999 |title=''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' Tops Monthly Chart |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/020/132/pc_data_may1999.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502210101/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/020/132/pc_data_may1999.html |archive-date=May 2, 2005 |access-date=May 8, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> ''Half-Life'' exited PC Data's monthly top 20 in June.<ref name="cdmagsales2">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=July 20, 1999 |title=''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' Tops Monthly Chart |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/021/104/pc_data_june1999.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407232755/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/021/104/pc_data_june1999.html |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |access-date=May 8, 2018 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> ''Half-Life'' became the fifth-bestselling PC game of the first half of 1999 in the US.<ref name="1999half">{{Cite web |last=IGN Staff |date=August 3, 1999 |title=And the Winners Are ... |url=http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180633/http://pc.ign.com/news/9273.html |archive-date=March 5, 2000 |access-date=July 22, 2018 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> Its domestic sales during 1999 reached 290,000 copies by the end of September.<ref name="pcxlsales">{{Cite journal |date=February 2000 |title=X-Tra; Death of the PC |journal=[[PC Accelerator]] |issue=18 |pages=100, 101}}</ref> During 1999, it was the fifth-best-selling PC game in the US, with sales of 445,123 copies. These sales brought in revenues of $16.6 million, the sixth-highest gross that year for a PC game in the US.<ref name="cgmnews4">{{Cite web |last=Fudge, James |date=January 19, 2000 |title=PC Data Top Selling PC Games for 1999 |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/025/147/pc_data_1999.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817183027/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/025/147/pc_data_1999.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]}}</ref> The following year, it was the 16th-bestselling PC game in the US, selling another 286,593 copies and earning $8.98 million.<ref name="pcgsales3">{{Cite journal |date=April 2000 |title=Shake Your Money-Maker |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |volume=7 |issue=4 |page=32}}</ref>

The PlayStation 2 version received a "Silver" sales award from the [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref name="silverelspa">{{Cite web |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3942 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154943/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 |archive-date=February 21, 2009 |website=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]]}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name="gamasutrasales">{{Cite web |last=Caoili, Eric |date=November 26, 2008 |title=ELSPA: ''Wii Fit'', ''Mario Kart'' Reach Diamond Status In UK |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url-status=dead |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 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> ''Half-Life''{{'}}s global sales reached 2.5 million units by July 2001.<ref name="cgwsales2">{{Cite magazine |last=Price, Tom |date=July 2001 |title=Army of One |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=204 |pages=50–55}}</ref> ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' noted in 2003 that "a significant number of the 7.5m copies of the PC version were bought because the game offered such potential for community-driven expansion".<ref name="edge2003">{{Cite magazine |date=June 2003 |title=Prescreen focus: ''Half-Life 2'' |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=124 |pages=48–53}}</ref> As of November 16, 2004, eight million copies of the game had been sold,<ref name="halflifesales">{{Cite news |last=Mike Musgrove |date=November 16, 2004 |title=Half-Life 2's Real Battle |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52849-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_technology |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025083004/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52849-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_technology |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> by 2008, 9.3 million copies had been sold at retail.<ref name="lifetimeretail">{{Cite web |last=Remo, Chris |author-link=Chris Remo |date=December 3, 2008 |title=Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For ''Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'' Franchises |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221100835/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319 |archive-date=December 21, 2008 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' awarded ''Half-Life'' the world record for Best-Selling First-Person Shooter of All Time (PC) in the ''Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Half-Life electronic game |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Half-Life-electronic-game |publisher=Brittanica}}</ref>