The PS2 version of Madden NFL 2004 from Electronic Arts (EA) was ...
The PS2 version of Madden NFL 2004 from Electronic Arts (EA) was knocked out of its #1 perch on the U.S. rental top 10 chart, preliminary data for the week ended Nov. 2 showed. VSDA said Activision’s Tony Hawk’s…
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Underground for PS2 in its first full week of availability jumped to #1, earning $280,000 in rentals. Madden dropped to #3, earning an additional $210,000 for a total of $3.45 million. Once again, every game in the top 10 was for Sony’s PS2. Despite dropping from the top spot, EA still had the most games in the top 10 again. Its other titles were: SSX 3 at #5 (up from #18 a week ago), which earned $150,00 in the week for a total of $220,000 to date; NBA Live 2004 at #7 (down 2 from #5), $130,000 and $320,000; NCAA Football 2004 at #8 (down 5 from #3), $130,000 and $3.35 million. The only other publisher with more than one game in the top 10 was Konami, whose Castlevania: Lament of Innocence soared to #4 from #26 ($160,000 and $220,000) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to #10 from #46 ($120,000 and $160,000). The only other game that entered the top 10 in its first full week of availability was THQ’s WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain at #2 ($210,000). Sony and Atari also had one game each in the top 10 -- Jak II at #6 (down 4 from #2) and Enter the Matrix at #9 (down 5 from #4).