Growing number of non-PlayStation 2 (PS2) titles is having impact...
Growing number of non-PlayStation 2 (PS2) titles is having impact on videogame rental results, Video Software Dealers Assn. (VSDA) said in most recent report. Although games for Sony’s next-generation console still managed to win 7 of top 10 spots,…
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results for GameCube and Xbox continue to improve on rental chart. For week ended Feb. 24, 2 Xbox games -- Wreckless: Yakuza Missions at #4 and WWF: Raw Is War at #10 -- made it into top 10 list compiled by VSDA. Week earlier, Wreckless became first Xbox game to enter top 10 rental chart, when it also placed 4th (CED Feb 22 p8). Meanwhile, first GameCube title -- Sonic Adventure 2 Battle -- entered top 10 at #7. Also significant was that Rockstar’s new State of Emergency for PS2 dethroned its own title -- Grand Theft Auto 3, which had been best-renting title since late last year. State of Emergency made it into first place in its first week, earning $580,000, for $590,000 total since Feb. 2. On sour note, national rental spending in videogame category fell 17% to $13.5 million in week from $16.29 million in comparable week year ago. But, year to date, rental spending in category increased 14.4% to $133.6 million from $116.7 million.