GameFly Rental Chart Highlights: Week Ending June 27, 2005

This week’s GameFly video game rental charts for North America, specifically relating to games rented via the games-by-mail service for the week ending June 27th, show popularity over multiple game formats. Aiming to crush the competition, Destroy All Humans is the top life form of the Xbox, PS2, and cross-platform charts in its first week of release. Another strong start came from Conker: Live and Reloaded, which came in second in cross-platform, as well as second in the Xbox charts. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was knocked down to third place in the cross-platform and Xbox categories after several weeks of supremacy. Elsewhere, God of War edges in for a second place in PS2 and a fourth place cross-platform nod. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith takes third place in the PS2 chart. On the GameCube front, Resident Evil 4 again took #1, underscoring the popularity of both the zombie genre and the strength of a GameCube exclusive. Star Fox Assault took second, with the Batman Begins adaptation at third. Yoshi Topsy-Turvy took first-place on the Game Boy Advance chart, pushing Pokemon Emerald to third. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones holds fast at #2. On the Nintendo DS, Kirby: Canvas Curse again gets top score, with GoldenEye: Rogue Agent holding at in second place. Finally on DS, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith rises to third place. With a lack of new game releases, PSP rankings remain the same as the previous week, with Need for Speed Underground Rivals at #1, Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee at #2, and MVP Baseball in the #3 slot.