There was a slight shakeup in the top 10 videogame rental chart f...
There was a slight shakeup in the top 10 videogame rental chart for the week ended Nov. 9 as Activision showed more strength than rival Electronic Arts (EA). The PS2 version of Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Underground held onto the…
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top spot, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed. The PS2 version earned $483,204 in rentals for the week, raising its total earnings to $766,182, Rentrak said. The Xbox version of the title, meanwhile, jumped to #7 from #13, earning an additional $186,770 in the week for a total of $294,062. Activision’s True Crime: Streets of L.A. for PS2 was the 6th- most rented game in its first full week with $249,859. In comparison, only one EA game made the top 10 this time -- the PS2 version of Madden NFL 2004, which dropped to #5 from #3, earning an additional $250,405 in the week for a total $3.70 million. Two other Xbox games made the top 10: Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield at #4 (up from #15, earning an additional $273,957 in the week for total $374,256) and Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto double pack at #10 ($176,978 in its first week). Sony Computer Entertainment America, THQ, Atari and Konami each had one PS2 game in the top 10 as well: Respectively, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs II at #2 in its first week ($330,164), WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at #3 (additional $321,747 in the week for $534,711 to date), Enter the Matrix at #8 (additional $184,162 for $9.83 million to date), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence at #9 (additional $178,127 for $398,429 to date). No GameCube titles made the top 10.