The 2 top-rented videogames in the U.S. continued to be Need for ...
The 2 top-rented videogames in the U.S. continued to be Need for Speed: Underground from Electronic Arts (EA) and True Crime: Streets of L.A. from Activision, both for PS2, Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended…
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Jan. 18 showed Thurs. Rentrak said the EA game earned an additional $237,551 in its 9th week of availability for $4.19 million to date, while Activision’s game earned an additional $226,341 in its 11th week for $3.88 million total. PS2 continued to dominate the rental chart, with every game in the top 10 for Sony Computer Entertainment’s console. EA again had the most titles in the top 10, this time with 4. Its 3 other games were Madden NFL 2004 at #3 (up 6 in its 23rd week, earning $224,742 and $6.18 million total), Medal of Honor: Rising Sun at #6 (down 3 in its 10th week, $135,388 and $4.68 million), The Sims: Bustin’ Out at #9 (down 1 in its 5th week, $125,257 and $1.11 million). Activision again had one other game in the top 10: Tony Hawk’s Underground at #5 (down one in its 12th week, $154,640 and $4.19 million). Rounding out the top 10 were Atari’s Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 at #4 (up one in its 7th week), Sony’s SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs at #7 again in its 11th week, THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at #8 (up 7 in its 12th week), Take-Two Interactive’s Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at #10 (up 8 in its 7th week).