Editing Quake II (section)

===Sales===
''Quake II'' entered [[PC Data]]'s monthly computer game sales rankings at #2 for December 1997, behind ''[[Riven]]''.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502205940/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/009/198/top_20_december.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/009/198/top_20_december.html |title=December's hottest games |author=Ocampo, Jason |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |date=January 20, 1998 |archive-date=May 2, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The game's sales in the United States alone reached 240,913 copies by the end of 1997,<ref name="pcgsales1">{{cite journal |author=Staff |date=April 1998 |volume=5 |issue=4 |title=The Best-Selling Games of 1997 |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |page=44}}</ref> after its release on December 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamepressure.com/editorials/the-year-of-legends-10-best-games-released-in-1997/quake-2/zc63c|title=
Quake 2. 10 iconic games from 1997, the year of legens}}</ref> According to PC Data, it was the country's 22nd-best-selling computer game of 1997.<ref name="pcgsales1" /> The following year, ''Quake II'' secured fifth place on PC Data's charts for January and February 1998,<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Staff |title=READ.ME; PC Data Best-Sellers |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=May 1998 |issue=166 |page=35}}</ref><ref name="cdmagsales2">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406150037/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/011/084/pcdata_march.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/011/084/pcdata_march.html |title=Do the PC Data figures prove lower is better? |date=April 21, 1998 |author=Ocampo, Jason |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> then dropped to #8 in March and #9 in April.<ref name="cdmagsales2" /><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208083659/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/011/163/top_games_for_april.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/011/163/top_games_for_april.html |title=The top selling games of April, according to PC Data |date=May 13, 1998 |author=Ocampo, Jason |archive-date=February 8, 2005 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> It remained in PC Data's top 20 for another two months,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502205001/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/013/083/pc_data_june.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/013/083/pc_data_june.html |title=''StarCraft'' scores a hat trick with its third month at No. 1 |author=Ocampo, Jason |date=July 21, 1998 |archive-date=May 2, 2005 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> before exiting in July 1998.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406150058/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/013/172/pc_data_july.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/013/172/pc_data_july.html |title=''SWAT 2'' debuts at No. 5 |date=August 18, 1998 |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |author=Ocampo, Jason |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Quake II'' surpassed 850,000 units shipped to retailers by April 1998,<ref>{{cite web |first=Harley |last=Jebens |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_04/15_quake/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001010162113/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_04/15_quake/index.html |title=Official Word on Quake III |website=[[GameSpot]] |archivedate=October 10, 2000 |date=April 15, 1998 |accessdate=November 6, 2022}}</ref> and 900,000 by June.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050515014420/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/012/168/quake_2_for_playstation.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/012/168/quake_2_for_playstation.html |title=Activision notes more than 900,000 copies of PC version have shipped |date=June 26, 1998 |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |archive-date=May 15, 2005 |url-status=dead |author=Ocampo, Jason}}</ref>

According to PC Data, ''Quake II'' was the United States' 14th-best-selling computer game during the January–November 1998 period.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000901031920/http://pc.ign.com/news/6269.html |url=http://pc.ign.com:80/news/6269.html |title=Best Selling Games of 1998 |date=January 4, 1999 |work=[[IGN]] |author=IGN Staff |archive-date=September 1, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> It ultimately secured 15th place for the full year, with sales of 279,536 copies and revenues of $12.6&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Staff |date=April 1999 |volume=6 |issue=4 |title=The Numbers Game |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |page=50}}</ref> [[GameDaily]] reported in January 1999 that ''Quake II''{{'}}s sales in the United States had reached 550,000 units;<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010425030744/http://www.gamedaily.com/features/ionstorm/index.html |url=http://www.gamedaily.com:80/features/ionstorm/index.html |title=GameDAILY Interviews ION Storm's John Romero |date=January 1999 |author=Staff |work=[[GameDaily]] |archive-date=April 25, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> this number rose to 610,000 units by December of that year.<ref>{{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> Worldwide, ''Quake II'' sold over 1&nbsp;million copies by 2002.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021211125214/http://www.idsoftware.com/business/home/history/c-index.php |url=http://www.idsoftware.com:80/business/home/history/c-index.php |title=id Software Background |publisher=[[id Software]] |archive-date=December 11, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>