With 4.96 million copies sold, the PlayStation version of Resident Evil 2 was a commercial success, and is the franchise's best selling game on a single platform. Another 810,000 copies of the Dual Shock Ver. were shipped by March 1999. Resident Evil 2 was well received by critics. Its original PlayStation release holds average scores of 92.57 percent at GameRankings and 89 out of 100 points at Metacritic. It has been held in high regard in the years following its initial release, and was named the 4th best game on the PlayStation by Famitsu. Electronic Gaming Monthly, IGN, Game Informer and Official UK PlayStation Magazine included Resident Evil 2 in their lists of the 100 best games; it came in 62nd, 58th, 34th and 6th place, respectively. In 2011, GameTrailers ranked it 4th on a list of