Electronic Arts (EA) was back atop the U.S. top 10 videogame rent...
Electronic Arts (EA) was back atop the U.S. top 10 videogame rental chart in the week ended Nov. 16 as its Medal of Honor: Rising Sun for PS2 hit #1 in its first full week of availability, Rentrak said…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
its preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed. The PS2 version of the game earned $649,564 in rentals for the week, Rentrak said. After a week in which Activision dominated the chart with its #1 Tony Hawk’s Underground for PS2 and had 2 other SKUs in the top 10 vs. only one EA game (CED Nov 17 p7), EA again dominated the chart this time: EA had 3 other SKUs in the chart this time while only 2 Activision games made the cut. EA’s other SKUs this time were The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on PS2 at #7 (up from #92 a week ago, earning an additional $299,239 in the week for $336,202 total), the Xbox version of Rising Sun at #8 ($276,525 its first week), Madden NFL 2004 on PS2 at #10 (down from #5, earning an additional $218,910 in the week for $3.92 million total). Underground for PS2 slipped to #2 (earning an additional $467,839 in the week for $1.23 million total). Activision’s True Crime: Streets of L.A. moved up 3 steps to #3, earning an additional $412,979 million for total earnings of $662,838. Take-Two Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment, THQ and Ubisoft each had one game in the top 10: Respectively, the Grand Theft Auto double pack for Xbox at #4 (up 6, earning $395,440 in the week and $572,418 to date), SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs for PS2 at #5 (down 3, $322,308 and $652,472), WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain for PS2 at #6 (down 3, $305,362 and $840,074), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for Xbox at #9 (down 5, $236,699 and $610,955).