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The PS2 version of NBA Ballers from Midway Games was again the #1...

The PS2 version of NBA Ballers from Midway Games was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 25 showed Thurs. The title earned an additional $302,095 in its…

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3rd week available, for $778,546 total. Midway had one other top 10 title: The Xbox version of NBA Ballers, at #5 again ($174,338 in the week, $440,309 to date). Ubisoft also had 2 games on the list: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow for Xbox at #3 (down one in its 5th week, $211,199 in the week and $1.19 million to date) and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for PS2 at #6 (down 3 in its 5th week, $173,465 in the week and $952,131 to date). But Electronic Arts (EA) again had the most top 10 titles -- 3 -- all for PS2: Need for Speed: Underground at #4 again in its 23rd week ($186,110 in the week, $7.32 million to date), Bond 007: Everything or Nothing at #7 again in its 10th week ($156,137 and $2.55 million) and NFL Street at #10 in its 15th week ($136,967 and $2.87 million). In its first week available, Hitman: Contracts for PS2 from Eidos was the #2- rented game ($230,412). Rounding out the top 10 were 2 more PS2 titles: Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia at #8 (down 2 in its 13th week, $154,767 and $3.43 million) and Activision’s True Crime: Streets of L.A. at #9 in its 25th week ($137,630 and $2.87 million).