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

Take-Two Interactive’s PS2 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in its 6th week, was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 5 showed. Rentrak said the…

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game earned an additional $914,147 in the week, for $6.68 million to date. Microsoft’s Xbox game Halo 2, in its 4th week, was again #2, with an additional $397,108, for $2.7 million to date. In its 3rd week, the PS2 version of Need for Speed Underground 2 from Electronic Arts (EA) was again #3, with $367,624, for $1.22 million to date, while the Xbox version moved up one to #4, with $249,229 and $817,997 to date. Activision also had 2 SKUs in the top 10: The PS2 version of Call of Duty: Finest Hour at #6 (down 2, 3rd week, $228,858 and $691,877) and the Xbox version at #9 again ($176,235 and $515,240). Rounding out the top 10 were PS2 games: Atari’s Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at #5 (up 3, 2nd week, $229,208 and $488,773), Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater at #7 (down one, 5th week, $206,594 and $560,042), THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw at #8 (down one, 5th week, $189,001 and $1.18 million) and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Killzone at #10 (up one, 5th week, $155,485 and $702,930).