Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia knocked Need for Speed: Underground...
Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia knocked Need for Speed: Underground from Electronic Arts (EA) out of the top spot on Rentrak’s list of the best-selling videogames in the U.S. Preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Feb. 8 showed…
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that Mafia, in only its 2nd week of availability, jumped 11 notches to become the top-selling videogame, earning an additional $314,802 in the week for a total of $422,087 to date. But EA yet again had more games in the top 10 than any of its competitors, with 4, and PS2 again dominated the chart as every game in the top 10 was for Sony Computer Entertainment’s console. Need, in its 12th week, dropped to #2, earning an additional $271,040, for $4.89 million to date. EA’s other games in the top 10 were NFL Street at #3 (down one in its 4th week, earning $263,065 in the week, for $634,809 to date), Medal of Honor: Rising Sun at #6 (up 2 in its 13th week, an additional $160,731, for $5.08 million to date), Madden NFL 2004 at #9 (down 4 in its 26th week, an additional $152,184, for $6.60 million to date). Activision again had 2 titles in the top 10: True Crime: Streets of L.A. at #4 (down one in its 14th week, an additional $214,465, for $4.42 million) and Tony Hawk’s Underground at #8 (down one in its 15th week, an additional $155,952 and a total of $4.59 million). Rounding out the top 10 were games from Atari, Sony and THQ: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 at #5 (down one in its 10th week, an additional $170,138 and a total of $2.42 million), SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs at #7 (down one in its 14th week, an additional $156,466 and a total of $3.43 million), WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at #10 (down one in its 15th week, an additional $130,472 and a total of $3.08 million).