The only major voice not to return was Alexandra Boyd who voiced Elaine in the previous game. She was replaced by Charity James. Stan is also voiced by a different actor, Pat Fraley. Additionally, characters who had previously appeared in "The Secret of Monkey Island" such as Carla, Otis and Herman Toothrot, are heard with voice actors for the first time. The game was also released on PlayStation 2 in 2001. Apart from obvious control differences, the PS2 version only varies by a slightly higher polygon count and use of less pre-rendered material. "Escape" is the third LucasArts adventure game to have a console release, following "The Secret of Monkey Island" for the Sega CD and "Maniac Mansion" for the NES. According to Heinrich Lenhardt of "PC Gamer US", "[I]f it wasn't for the sales figures in Germany, LucasArts probably wouldn't have bothered doing another "Monkey Island"" after "The Curse of Monkey Island". In response to questions about the success of "Grim Fandango" and the viability of adventure games in the United States market, Tom Sarris of LucasArts defended the company's decision to make "Escape from Monkey Island" in 2000. He told GameSpot, "We look at the sales figures from a worldwide standpoint and ask ourselves if it still makes sense to make adventure games. "Grim Fandango" made a profit, so the answer is yes, it's still viable from a financial point of view." Discussing "Escape from Monkey Island"s performance in December 2000, Simon Jeffery of LucasArts said that the company was "really happy with the [game's] success". He noted that it was "selling well" in the United States and "incredibly well in Europe", which he called proof that a market still existed for adventure games, despite a widespread belief that the genre had died. The game's computer version sold 55,275 copies and earned $2 million in the United States by the end of 2000, according to the market research firm PC Data. In the German market, "Escape" debuted at #4 on Media Control's computer game sales chart for November 2000. It placed ninth and 16th in its following two months, respectively. PC Data estimated its sales in the United States at 32,576 units for 2001, and 9,168 for the first six months of 2002. Its jewel case SKU sold 11,061 copies in North America during 2003.