PlayStation 2 (PS2) maintained its dominance on videogame rental ...
PlayStation 2 (PS2) maintained its dominance on videogame rental chart in week ended March 31. As in prior week, PS2 games represented 8 slots in chart and only other platform to make list was Nintendo’s GameCube, Video Software Dealers…
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Assn. (VSDA) said Thurs. After dropping to 2nd place after long reign at top of chart, Grand Theft Auto 3 from Take-Two Interactive’s Rockstar Games again claimed top spot last week, earning $260,000 for total of $10.33 million since Oct. 1. Dropping to 2nd place was Rockstar’s State of Emergency, which earned $260,000 for total of $2.84 million since Feb. 2. Both titles are for PS2. Lone GameCube title in top 10 was Electronic Arts’s Agent Under Fire, again in 6th place, which earned $140,000 for total of $370,000 since March 2. One other GameCube title had reached top 10 week earlier before dropping out -- Sega’s Sonic Adventure 2. Only new game overall in top 10 last week was 3rd-place Virtua Fighter 4 from Sega, which earned $250,000. National rental spending in week declined 17.8% to $11.2 million from $13.61 million comparable week year ago, VSDA said. But year to date, rental spending increased 9.2% to $201 million from $184 million year ago.