Electronic Arts (EA) had one of its weakest U.S. game rental week...
Electronic Arts (EA) had one of its weakest U.S. game rental weeks in memory, Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended May 9 showed Thurs. EA had only one title in the top 10: Need for…
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Speed Underground for PS2 at #5 (down one in its 25th week). Rentrak said the title earned an additional $132,408 in the week for a total of $7.65 million to date. The #1-rented game was once again Hitman: Contracts for PS2 from Eidos ($266,351 in its 3rd week, $870,321 to date). Eidos had one other SKU in the top 10 again: The Xbox version of Contracts at #4 (down one, 3rd week, $156,149 and $490,229). Other publishers with 2 titles in the top 10 were Midway Games, Take- Two Interactive and Ubisoft. Midway’s were the PS2 version of NBA Ballers at #2 again in its 5th week ($218,518 and $1.30 million) and the Xbox version of it at #7 (down one, 5th week, $115,500 and $725,183). Take-Two’s were the PS2 version of Red Dead Revolver on its Rockstar Games label at #3 in its first week ($176,975) and the Xbox version of it at #8 ($111,117). Ubisoft’s were Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow for Xbox at #6 (down one, 7th week, $116,505 and $1.49 million) and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for PS2 at #9 (down 2, 7th week, $107,832 and $1.22 million). Rounding out the top 10 was Capcom’s Onimusha 3: Demon Siege for PS2 at #10 (up 21 in its 2nd week, $107,169 and $175,069).