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# A list by now-defunct research firm PC Data for January 1993&ndash;April 1998 puts the sales for Doom II at 1,815,882 and Doom at 1,361,943, on positions 3 and 4.<ref>http://barracudanet.com/timelapse/specials/bestgames.htm</ref>
 
# A list by now-defunct research firm PC Data for January 1993&ndash;April 1998 puts the sales for Doom II at 1,815,882 and Doom at 1,361,943, on positions 3 and 4.<ref>http://barracudanet.com/timelapse/specials/bestgames.htm</ref>
  
Based on these data, one may place the sales until 1999 in the range 1.9&ndash;2.1+ million for Doom (including Ultimate Doom), and 1.5&ndash;1.8+ million for Doom II. It is probably safe to deduce that as of 2005, both Doom and Doom II have sold well over 2 million copies each. ([[The Page of Doom]] verifies, though no source is cited for the claim, that Doom II has "2 millions sold to this day".<ref>https://doomworld.com/pageofdoom/idhistory.html</ref> Hence, the PC versions of Doom and Doom II have likely sold over '''4 million copies''' combined. The 4 million figure is also given in the CNET article ''[http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022_1-5148371.html Doom 3: a short history of shooting stuff]'', August 2, 2004.
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Based on these data, one may place the sales until 1999 in the range 1.9&ndash;2.1+ million for Doom (including Ultimate Doom), and 1.5&ndash;1.8+ million for Doom II. It is probably safe to deduce that as of 2005, both Doom and Doom II have sold well over 2 million copies each. ([[The Page of Doom]] verifies, though no source is cited for the claim, that Doom II has "2 millions sold to this day".<ref>http://doomworld.com/pageofdoom/idhistory.html</ref> Hence, the PC versions of Doom and Doom II have likely sold over '''4 million copies''' combined. The 4 million figure is also given in the CNET article ''[http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022_1-5148371.html Doom 3: a short history of shooting stuff]'', August 2, 2004.
  
 
This number does not include sales for the console versions of Doom, nor Final Doom, which when added may put the total for the entire original Doom franchise significantly higher. The [[Sony PlayStation|PlayStation]] version is part of Sony's "Greatest Hits" collection, which indicates that it has sold over 500,000 copies.<ref>IGN, January 9, 2002, http://psx.ign.com/articles/091/091211p1.html</ref>
 
This number does not include sales for the console versions of Doom, nor Final Doom, which when added may put the total for the entire original Doom franchise significantly higher. The [[Sony PlayStation|PlayStation]] version is part of Sony's "Greatest Hits" collection, which indicates that it has sold over 500,000 copies.<ref>IGN, January 9, 2002, http://psx.ign.com/articles/091/091211p1.html</ref>

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