▁literally ▁no ▁differences ▁between ▁this , ▁the ▁X box , ▁and ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁offer ings ." ▁ ▁Sales ▁and ▁awards ▁The ▁game ▁was ▁a ▁huge ▁commercial ▁success , ▁s elling ▁almost ▁four ▁million ▁units ▁across ▁all ▁platforms , ▁consider ably ▁more ▁than ▁Viv endi ▁Universal ▁Game ' s ▁The ▁Fellow ship ▁of ▁the ▁Ring , ▁which ▁sold ▁just ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁units . ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers ▁also ▁attract ed ▁consider ably ▁better ▁reviews . ▁By ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers ▁had ▁sold ▁ 1 . 5 ▁million ▁copies ▁and ▁earned ▁$ 6 5 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Next ▁Generation ▁ranked ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁highest - s elling ▁game ▁launched ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 2 , ▁X box ▁or ▁Game C ube ▁between ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁in ▁that ▁country . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁highest - s elling ▁Lord ▁of ▁the ▁R ings ▁game ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁for ▁cons oles ▁by ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁highest - s elling ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Two ▁Tow ers . ▁The ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁version ▁also ▁received ▁a ▁" Double ▁Pl atin um " ▁sales ▁award ▁from ▁the ▁Entertainment ▁and ▁Le is ure ▁Software ▁Publish ers ▁Association ▁( EL SP A ), ▁indicating ▁sales ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁