![]() ![]() PC Data ultimately ranked Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as the United States' fourth-largest computer game hit of 2000, with 942,978 units sold and $15.67 million revenues earned. GameSpot's Steve Smith remarked of Millionaire 's performance, "Most hard-core gamers probably gnash their teeth at the thought of Regis Philbin and his simple-minded trivia game outselling every other supposedly respectable game on the market." ![]() A writer for PC Gamer US called the game's sales "scary" given its late-year launch, and predicted that its "full potential" was not yet realized. This made it the region's fastest-selling, third-highest-selling and seventh-highest-grossing computer game of the year. Īccording to PC Data, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 's sell-through reached 592,655 units and its revenues $11.4 million in the United States by the end of 1999. Following a 15th-place finish for the month of November, Millionaire claimed first place for December overall. It dropped to position 2 during the final week of 1999, behind RollerCoaster Tycoon. At the time, Amer Ajami of GameSpot theorized that the game's "US$19 price tag has to be one of the reasons" for its success. By December 19, it had shipped 1 million units to retailers. Rising to first place on PC Data's charts in its second week, it proceeded to hold a four-week streak at #1 through November 28–December 25. ![]() Disney Interactive reported that the game "virtually sold out across the country" by Thanksgiving, the day after its release. ![]() In the United States, it debuted at #2 on PC Data's list of the best-selling computer games for the week of November 21, at an average retail price of $20. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a commercial blockbuster. ![]()
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