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Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia for PS2 moved up one notch to become...

Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia for PS2 moved up one notch to become the top-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended March 21 showed Thurs. The title earned an additional $310,474 in its…

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8th week, for a total of $2.34 million. The Xbox version of the game moved up an unusual 46 spots to #10 in its 3rd week, earning $134,625 for a total of $182,669. But Electronic Arts again dominated publishers, this time with 4 SKUs in the top 10: Bond 007: Everything or Nothing for PS2 at #2 (up one, 5th week, $303,738 in the week and $1.50 million to date), Need for Speed Underground for PS2 at #4 again, 18th week ($230,741 and $6.31 million), NFL Street for PS2 at #5 again, 10th week ($214,467 and $2.04 million) and the Xbox version of the Bond game at #7 again in its 5th week ($147,424 and $751,027). The only other Xbox game in the top 10 was Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden at #3 (down 2, 3rd week, $295,602 and $835,102). Everything else in the chart was for PS2: Activision’s True Crime: Streets of L.A. at #6 again, 20th week ($183,230 and $5.54 million), Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Underground at #8 again, 21st week ($147,115 and $5.50 million) and THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at #9 (up 2, 21st week, $135,457 and $3.80 million).