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., in its 7th week available, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 12 showed. Rentrak said…
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the game earned an additional $848,779 in the week, for $7.53 million to date. Microsoft’s Xbox game Halo 2 -- the previous week’s #2-rented title -- dropped one to #3 its 5th week, earning an additional $305,121, for $3 million to date. It was replaced by Need for Speed Underground 2 for PS2 from Electronic Arts (EA), which moved up one in its 4th week, earning an additional $402,887, for $1.63 million to date. EA had 2 other SKUs in the top 10: The Xbox version of Need at #5 (down one, an additional $213,265 and $1.03 million to date) and Madden NFL 2005 for PS2 at #8 in its 18th week ($172,850 and $4.98 million). The only other publisher with more than one SKU in the top 10 was Activision, with 2, both for PS2: Call of Duty: Finest Hour at #6 again in its 4th week ($198,867 and $890,744) and Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 at #10 in its 10th week ($132,858 and $2.48 million). Rounding out the top 10 were 3 more PS2 titles: Atari’s Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 at #4 (up one, 3rd week, $213,861 and $702,635), THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw at #7 (up one, 6th week, $194,401 and $1.38 million) and Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater at #9 (down 2, 6th week, $162,072 and $722,114).