Sales of "Sly Cooper" were initially poor, overshadowed by two other PlayStation 2 platformers published around 2002, "Ratchet & Clank" and "". It was a nominee for "GameSpot"s 2002 "Best Game No One Played on PlayStation 2" award. This, however, did not prevent the game from achieving at least 400,000 in sales a year since release to allow it to be included in Sony's "Greatest Hits" line, republishing it in 2003 and at a lower price. By July 2006, "Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus" had sold 800,000 copies and earned $21 million in the United States. "Next Generation" ranked it as the 78th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of the "Sly Cooper" series reached 2.2 million units in the United States by July 2006.