In the United States, "Battlefield 1942" sold 680,000 copies and earned $27.1 million by August 2006. At the time, this led "Edge" to rank it as the country's 18th best-selling computer game released since January 2000. Combined sales of all "Battlefield" computer games, including "Battlefield 1942", had reached 2.7 million units in the United States by August 2006. In December 2002, the game received a "Gold" sales award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), indicating sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.