Editing Quake III Arena (section)

===Sales===
''Quake III''{{'}}s sales surpassed 50,000 copies during its first three days of release, by which time 1 million copies had been printed.<ref name=1999sales>{{cite web | author=Ajami, Amer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304053210/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_12/13_pc_quake/index.html | url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_12/13_pc_quake/index.html | title=''Quake III'' Sales Through the Roof | date=December 13, 1999 | archive-date=March 4, 2000 | work=[[GameSpot]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> It debuted at #5 on [[PC Data]]'s weekly computer game sales chart for the December 5–11 period.<ref name=dec511>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050515014040/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/025/036/pc_data_121199.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/025/036/pc_data_121199.html | title=Disney says you want to be a millionaire | author=Fudge, James | date=December 23, 1999 | archive-date=May 15, 2005 | work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> The game rose to fourth place in the weekly top 10 the following week.<ref name=dec1218>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302224650/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/00_01/05_pc_million/index.html | url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/00_01/05_pc_million/index.html | title=''Millionaire'' Still Strong | date=January 5, 2000 | archive-date=March 2, 2000 | work=[[GameSpot]] | author=Ajami, Amer | url-status=dead }}</ref> Domestically, it sold 222,840 copies and earned revenues of $10.1 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=10100000|start_year=2000}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) by early 2000.<ref name=222k>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010112165200/http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,78,0-3868,00.html | url=http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,78,0-3868,00.html | title=Game Spin: Daika-X-Box | author=Asher, Mark | date=March 10, 2000 | work=[[CNET Gamecenter]] | archive-date=January 12, 2001 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In North America, ''Quake III'' sold 168,309 copies and earned $7.65 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=7650000|start_year=2000}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) from January through October 2000, according to [[PC Data]].<ref name=qt3sales>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202214600/http://www.quartertothree.com/features/pcdata_top_10/years_bestsellers.shtml | url=http://www.quartertothree.com:80/features/pcdata_top_10/years_bestsellers.shtml | title=The Year's Ten Best-Selling Games | author1=Asher, Mark | author2=Chick, Tom | author-link2=Tom Chick | work=Quarter to Three | archive-date=February 2, 2001 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 27, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Its overall sales in the region, including its launch in 1999, totaled 319,970 units by November 2000.<ref name=comparisons>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Where Have All the Legends Gone?; By the Numbers | date=November 2000 | pages=42, 43 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | volume=7 | number=11 }}</ref> Its sales for 2000 alone ultimately reached 190,950 units and $8.4 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=8400000|start_year=2000}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) by the end of the year.<ref name=pcgsales>{{cite journal|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=April 2001|volume=8|issue=4|title=It's All in the Numbers|journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |pages=40, 41 }}</ref> The game later 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>