Everybody's Golf 3
, known as Hot Shots Golf 3 in North America, is the third game in the "Everybody's Golf" series and the first game released for the PlayStation 2. Release. It was released on 26 July 2001 in Japan and 12 March 2002 in North America. It was not released in Europe or Australia. Reception. The game received "favourable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of 33 out of 40. "Maxim" gave it a perfect score of all five stars and said that the game was "easier to  play than a sorority co-ed. In fact, the gameplay is so basic you can handle it easily while half in the bag". "Playboy" gave it 88% and called it "a perfect virtual getaway -- without the pretension". However, "The Cincinnati Enquirer" gave it four stars out of five, saying: "[Don't] be disillusioned by the fun and light-hearted presentation: 'Hot Shots Golf 3' is deep where it counts – the game play". By July 2006, the game had sold 800,000 copies and earned $22 million in the United States. "Next Generation" ranked it as the 77th highest-selling game  launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of "Everybody's Golf" games released between those dates reached 2 million units in the United States by July 2006.