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Take-Two Interactive’s PS2 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas wa...

Take-Two Interactive’s PS2 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Nov. 21 showed. Rentrak said the game earned an additional…

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$1.14 million in its 4th week, for $4.52 million in rentals to date. Microsoft’s Xbox game sequel Halo 2 was again #2 in its 2nd week, earning $644,416, for $1.57 million to date. But Electronic Arts (EA) again had more SKUs in the top 10 than any other publisher, with 4: Need for Speed Underground for PS2 at #3 ($279,232 in the week, $9.9 million to date), the Xbox version at #6 ($195,797 and $3.57 million), Madden NFL 2005 for PS2 at #7 (down 2, 15th week, $187,380 and $4.43 million) and Need for Speed Underground 2 for PS2 at #9 in its first week ($164,941). Rounding out the top 10 were one PS2 game each from THQ (WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw at #4, down one, 3rd week, $257,811 and $727,362), Activision (Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 at #5, down one, 7th week, $199,368 and $1.95 million), Sony Computer Entertainment (Killzone at #8, up 2, 3rd week, $170,905 and $319,967) and Midway (Mortal Kombat: Deception at #10, down 4, 7th week, $147,379 and $1.59 million).