Editing The Curse of Monkey Island (section)

===Sales===
''The Curse of Monkey Island'' sold 52,049 copies in the United States by the end of 1997, according to market research firm [[PC Data]].<ref name=pcgsales1>{{cite journal| author=Staff| date=April 1998|volume=5|issue=4|title=How Did the ''PCG'' Award Winners Fare? |journal=[[PC Gamer US]]|page=45}}</ref> Another 40,538 copies were purchased in the country between January 1998 and July 1998, which drew revenues of $1.57 million for the period.<ref name=pcdata1998>{{cite magazine| author=Staff |title=Letters; Mys-Adventures |date=November 1998 |issue=172| magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | pages=34}}</ref> The game was a success in the German market: Heinrich Lenhardt of ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' wrote, "[I]f it wasn't for the sales figures in Germany, LucasArts probably wouldn't have bothered" to continue the franchise.<ref name=global>{{cite journal | author=Lenhardt, Heinrich | title=Gaming Goes Global | date=July 2001 | volume=8 | number=7 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | pages=44–47, 50–52}}</ref> In the second half of November 1997, ''Curse'' debuted at #4 on [[:de:Media Control|Media Control]]'s computer game sales charts for the German market.<ref name=nov1997>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Verkaufs-Charts | date=February 1998 | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | page=68}}</ref> It held in the top 10 through January 1998, peaking in third place for the first half of December,<ref name=dec1997>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Spiele-Charts | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | language=de | date=March 1998 | page=54}}</ref><ref name=jan1998>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Spiele-Charts | language=de | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | date=April 1998 | page=64}}</ref> and its streak in the top 20 continued through March.<ref name=feb1998>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Spiele-Charts | date=May 1998 | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | language=de | page=76}}</ref><ref name=mar1998-de>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=Spiele-Charts | language=de | journal=[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]] | date=June 1998 | page=76}}</ref> The game had spent 24 weeks in Media Control's top rankings by the end of May, when it secured 27th place.<ref name=mediacontrol>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980614022936/http://www.vud.de:80/charts/chart1.html  |url=http://www.vud.de:80/charts/chart1.html | title=Charts: CD-ROM Spiele über DM 55,-- | publisher=Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland | archive-date=June 14, 1998 | language=de | url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 1998, ''Curse'' received a "Gold" award from the [[:de:Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland|Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland]] (V.U.D.),<ref name=vud1998>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000713050154/http://www.vud.de:80/infopres/cebit98.htm| url=http://www.vud.de:80/infopres/cebit98.htm | title=Uhr TCM Hannover – ein glänzender Event auf der CebitHome | date=August 26, 1998 | publisher=[[:de:Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland|Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland]] | archive-date=July 13, 2000 | language=de | url-status=dead}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.<ref name=gameprogold>{{cite magazine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718145345/https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/vud-gold-awards-2003,1290773.html | url=https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/vud-gold-awards-2003,1290773.html | title=VUD-Gold-Awards 2003 | author=Horn, Andre | date=January 14, 2004 | magazine=[[GamePro|GamePro Germany]] | archive-date=July 18, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The game remained on shelves by 2001: that year, PC Data reported sales of another 19,552 units in North America.<ref name=randysales3>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020619111456/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/Mar-02/sales2001.shtm | url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/Mar-02/sales2001.shtm | title=State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table | date=March 2002 | author=Sluganski, Randy | archive-date=June 19, 2002 | work=[[Just Adventure]] | url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Louis Castle]] of [[Westwood Studios]] estimated ''The Curse of Monkey Island''{{'}}s lifetime sales at 300,000 copies by 2002,<ref name=800k>{{cite journal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627220215/http://www.gamestudies.org/0202/pearce/ | url=http://www.gamestudies.org:80/0202/pearce/ | title=The Player with Many Faces | author=Pearce, Celia | date=December 2002 | volume=2 | issue=2 | journal=Game Studies | url-status=live | archive-date=June 27, 2003}}</ref> while LucasArts' [[Bill Tiller]] stated in 2003 that ''CMI'' sold over half a million units worldwide.<ref name=inventoryint>{{cite magazine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813153740/http://www.justadventure.com:80/TheInventory/TheInventory.shtm | url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/TheInventory/TheInventory.shtm | title=The Celebrity Corner; Interview with Bill Tiller | date=March 2003 | issue=5 | magazine=The Inventory | publisher=[[Just Adventure]] | archive-date=August 13, 2006 | pages=8–19 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Tiller recalled total sales between 700,000 and 800,000 copies in 2009.<ref name=mojo4>{{cite web| author=Staff |title=LucasArts' Secret History: ''The Curse of Monkey Island'': Buried Treasures: Bills Eaken and Tiller|url=https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-Secret-History-The-Curse-of-Monkey-Island/5|website=The International House of Mojo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029003120/https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-Secret-History-The-Curse-of-Monkey-Island/5|archive-date=October 29, 2016 |date=May 21, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>