<s>
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
(	O
known	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
and	O
as	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Silver	O
Earring	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
2004	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
by	O
Digital	O
Jesters	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Ubisoft	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
inspired	O
by	O
The	O
Adventures	O
of	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
"	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
an	O
original	O
plotline	O
—	O
set	O
in	O
London	O
in	O
1897	O
—	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
investigate	O
a	O
murder	O
as	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
and	O
Dr.	O
John	O
H	O
.	O
Watson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2010	O
,	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
500,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
in	O
the	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
adventure	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
the	O
2002	O
game	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Mystery	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Mummy	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Awakened	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
Mystery	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Mummy	I-Application
-	O
despite	O
being	O
released	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
earlier	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
set	O
two	O
years	O
earlier	O
(	O
in	O
1897	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
1899	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1897	O
,	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
receives	O
a	O
letter	O
from	O
his	O
brother	O
Mycroft	O
asking	O
him	O
and	O
Dr.	O
Watson	O
to	O
investigate	O
a	O
singer	O
performing	O
at	O
a	O
birthday	O
party	O
held	O
by	O
construction	O
baron	O
Sir	O
Melvyn	O
Bromsby	O
for	O
his	O
daughter	O
Lavinia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Christopher	O
Kellner	O
of	O
German	O
publisher	O
DTP	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
achieved	O
"	O
incredibly	O
high	O
sales	O
"	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
three	O
weeks	O
in	O
Germany	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
"	O
big	O
commercial	O
success	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Black	I-Application
Mirror	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Moment	I-Application
of	I-Application
Silence	I-Application
,	O
it	O
contributed	O
to	O
DTP	O
's	O
large-scale	O
growth	O
during	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Mystery	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Mummy	I-Application
,	O
had	O
reached	O
combined	O
sales	O
above	O
500,000	O
copies	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
four	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
titles	O
from	O
Frogwares	O
—	O
Mummy	O
,	O
Silver	O
Earring	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Awakened	I-Application
and	O
Nemesis	B-Application
—	O
totaled	O
roughly	O
1.5	O
million	O
global	O
sales	O
by	O
February	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Frogwares	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
alone	O
sold	O
500,000	O
units	O
worldwide	O
by	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
average	O
reception	O
,	O
as	O
GameRankings	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
70.23	O
%	O
,	O
while	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
it	O
68	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
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