PS2 again dominated top 10 videogame rentals in U.S. in week ende...
PS2 again dominated top 10 videogame rentals in U.S. in week ended Sept. 28, VSDA preliminary data showed. This time, 7 games for Sony Computer Entertainment’s console were in top 10, which again was led by PS2 version of…
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Madden NFL 2004 from Electronic Arts (EA). VSDA said PS2 version of hit football game earned additional $280,000 in week for total rental earnings of $2.15 million to date. Only new videogame in top 10 was PS2 version of Activision’s Cabela’s Deer Hunt 2004 Season, which VSDA said moved up 2 notches to #9, earning additional $70,000 in week for total of $290,000 to date. Other PS2 games in top 10 were: Namco’s Soul Calibur II at #2 again (additional $150,000 in week and $1.04 million to date), EA’s NCAA Football 2004 at #3 again ($130,000 and $2.61 million), Atari’s Enter the Matrix -- up 4 notches at #8 ($90,000 and $9.02 million), Take-Two Interactive’s Midnight Club II -- up one to #5 ($90,000 and $6.77 million), Sega’s ESPN NFL Football 2K4 at #7 again ($80,000 and $340,000). No GameCube titles made top 10 but 3 Xbox titles did: Madden NFL 2004 -- up 4 steps to #6 ($90,000 in week and $740,000 to date), Soul Calibur II -- down 4 to #8 ($70,000 and $530,000), LucasArts’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic -- down one to #10 ($70,000 and $1.44 million).