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PS2 continued to dominate the Top 10 rental chart in the U.S. in ...

PS2 continued to dominate the Top 10 rental chart in the U.S. in the week ended Oct. 26. VSDA’s preliminary data for the week showed that every game in the Top 10 was for Sony’s console. Electronic Arts (EA)…

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again was the dominant publisher in the week -- it provided half of the top 10 games, led by Madden NFL 2004 once again. VSDA said the PS2 version of the game earned an additional $240,000 in rentals in the week, for $3.24 million to date. EA’s other top 10 games were NCAA Football 2004 at #3 ($150,000 week, $3.22 million to date), NBA Live 2004 at #5 ($120,000 and $190,000), Freedom Fighters at #6 ($120,000 and $350,000), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 at #10 ($110,000 and $530,000). Sony, Atari, Take-Two Interactive, Vivendi Universal Games and Eidos each had one title in the top 10 -- Jak II at #2 ($160,000 and $230,000), Enter the Matrix at #4 ($140,000/$9.53 million), Conflict: Desert Storm 2 at #7 ($110,000/$190,000), Simpsons: Hit & Run at #8 ($110,000/$450,000), Backyard Wrestling: Don’t Try This at Home at #9 ($110,000/$230,000).