After 6 weeks atop the U.S. videogame rental chart, the PS2 versi...
After 6 weeks atop the U.S. videogame rental chart, the PS2 version of Madden NFL 2005 from Electronic Arts (EA) fell to #3. Taking possession of the #1 spot, in its first week, was LucasArts Entertainment’s Star Wars: Battlefront…
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for PS2, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sept. 26 showed. Rentrak said the Star Wars game earned $418,169 in rentals on PS2 and an additional $304,586 on Xbox. The Xbox version was the week’s #4-rented title. Also eclipsing Madden sales was another new release -- EA’s Def Jam Fight for N.Y. on PS2 at #2 ($345,579) -- as the publisher again dominated the top 10. Madden earned an additional $327,530 its 7th week available, for $3 million to date. Four other EA SKUs made the top 10 in the week: Burnout 3 on PS2 at #5 (down 3 in its 3rd week, $274,784 and $738,444 to date), NCAA Football 2005 on PS2 at #7 (down 3, 11th week, $208,313 and $3.16 million), the Xbox version of Def Jam at #8 ($196,154) and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 on PS2 at #10 in its first week ($163,650). Rounding out the top 10 were Microsoft’s Fable for Xbox at #6 (up 4 in its 2nd week, $262,387 and $412,110 to date) and Activision’s Spider-Man 2 on PS2 at #9 (down 6, 13th week, $185,768 and $6.28 million).