Editing Counter-Strike (video game) (section)

===Sales===
''Counter-Strike'' became the first fan-made video game to be released commercially.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Laukkanen |first=Tero |url=http://archive.org/details/Modding-scenes-introduction-user-created-content |title=Modding Scenes: Introduction to User-Created Content in Computer Gaming |date=October 2005 |publisher=[[University of Tampere]] |isbn=951-44-6448-6 |pages=12 |issn=1458-9974}}</ref> By July 2001, global retail sales of the game had surpassed 250,000 units.<ref name="cgwsales2">{{Cite magazine |last=Price |first=Tom |title=Army of One |issue=204 |date=July 2001 |pages=50–55 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> By October 2002, sales had exceeded 1.3 million copies.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dyson |first=Esther |url=http://archive.org/details/release-1.0-10-02 |title=Harnessing the Hive: How Online Games Drive Networked Innovation |date=October 18, 2002 |publisher=Edventure |pages=8}}</ref> Sales continued to rise, reaching 1.5 million units and generating $40 million in revenue by February 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slangle |first=Matt |title=Modder-Day Adventures |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86017268/lansing-state-journal/ |newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]] |page=20 |date=February 25, 2003 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

By August 2004, ''Counter-Strike'' had grossed $75 million in revenue and had an estimated two million players worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Movies - Vivendi Steps Up Presence in the Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1o1AAAAIBAJ&dq=counter-strike&pg=PA49&article_id=1486,17927301 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |pages=49}}</ref> In the United States, its retail version sold 550,000 copies and earned $15.7 million by August 2006, making it the 22nd best-selling PC game in the country between January 2000 and August 2006.<ref name="edgesales">{{Cite magazine |last=Edge Staff |title=The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017165955/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |date=August 25, 2006 |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Xbox version of the game sold 1.5 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remo |first=Chris |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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013124733/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21319 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref>

As of December 2008, ''Counter-Strike'' had sold approximately 4.2 million copies, surpassing all other Valve games except ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Faylor |first=Chris |date=December 3, 2008 |title=Valve Reveals Lifetime Retail Sales of Half-Life, Counter-Strike Series |url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/56193/valve-reveals-lifetime-retail-sales |work=[[Shacknews]] |access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> 

A portion of ''Half-Life'' sales is often attributed to ''Counter-Strike'' since the game was originally available as a modification of ''Half-Life''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remo |first=Chris |date=December 3, 2008 |title=Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales for ''Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'' Franchises |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112269/Analysis_Valves_Lifetime_Retail_Sales_For_HalfLife_CounterStrike_Franchises.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510172544/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112269/Analysis_Valves_Lifetime_Retail_Sales_For_HalfLife_CounterStrike_Franchises.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2012 |website=Gamasutra |access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Laukkanen |first=Tero |url=http://archive.org/details/Modding-scenes-introduction-user-created-content |title=Modding Scenes: Introduction to User-Created Content in Computer Gaming |date=October 2005 |publisher=[[University of Tampere]] |isbn=951-44-6448-6 |pages=61 |issn=1458-9974}}</ref> ''Half-Life'' experienced an unusual increase in sales year-over-year following its release, which [[Gabe Newell]] attributed to the popularity of ''Counter-Strike''. He described the release of the mod as one of the best things that could have happened to ''Half-Life''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keighley |first=Geoff |date=October 2002 |title=Game Development à la Mod |url=http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,43489,FF.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021014231757/http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,43489,FF.html |archive-date=October 14, 2002 |access-date=October 4, 2017 |work=[[Business 2.0]]}}</ref>