This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending October 1st, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart.
Halo 3 maintains the top spot in the overall charts for the third straight week, while just over a week ahead of its highly anticipated release, the
Half Life 2 compilation
The Orange Box comes into the second spot, displacing EA's
Skate all the way down to the fifth position. This week marks
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's third week in the third spot, and
Project Gotham Racing 4 enters the top five in the fourth position.
What follows is a breakdown of the top titles requested by GameFly subscribers across each of the major platforms:
Xbox 360
1.
Halo 3 (Microsoft), 2.
Half Life 2: The Orange Box (EA) 3.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), 4.
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft), 5.
Skate (EA)
For the third straight week, the top five all-platform requests are identical to the top five Xbox 360 requests, reflecting the same movement and demonstrating a telling dominance for the console in the rental market.
Nintendo Wii
1.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo), 2.
MySims (EA), 3.
Carnival Games (Globalstar), 4.
Victorious Boxers: Revolution (Xseed), 5.
Bleach: Shattered Blade (Sega)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption spent six weeks in the top spot before slipping into number three last week, but Samus shows she's not ready to let go of number one as she takes back the lead. It's the third week in a row at number two for
MySims in the week following its release, and
Carnival Games returns to the third spot after spending last week in fourth position.
Victorious Boxers: Revolution, last week's number one, slips down to number four with
Bleach: Shattered Blade entering the top five.
PlayStation 3
1.
Heavenly Sword (Sony), 2.
Folklore (Sony), 3.
Skate (EA), 4.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony) 5.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
The trifecta of
Heavenly Sword, Skate and Warhawk in the top three is interrupted this week as
Folklore breaks in, nudging
Skate from second into third position.
Warhawk finally departs the top five this week, as
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction enters the top five in the fourth spot vacated by
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which slides into fifth and removing
Lair from top five contention.
PlayStation 2
1.
Jackass: The Game (Red Mile) 2.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision), 3.
God of War II (Sony), 4.
Thrillville: Off the Rails (LucasArts), 5.
Spider Man: Friend or Foe (Activision)
Jackass: The Game takes the top spot for the second week in a row, and
God of War II slips from the second into the third position. Aside from those titles, it's a shake-up on the PS2 request charts, with
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ascending into the second spot while other titles new to the top five,
Thrillville: Off the Rails and
Spider Man: Friend or Foe, take the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.
Nintendo DS
1.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo), 2.
Drawn to Life (THQ) 3.
MySims (EA), 4.
Jam Sessions (Ubisoft) , 5.
Sonic Rush Adventure (Sega)
Very little movement among Nintendo DS requests this week, with
Phantom Hourglass firmly ensconced at number one for the fifth week, with
Drawn to Life and
MySims enjoying their third and second weeks in the second and third spots respectively.
Jam Sessions and
Sonic Rush Adventure simply trade the fourth and fifth positions over last week.
PlayStation Portable
1.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (Square Enix), 2.
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (LucasArts), 3.
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (Sony), 4.
Jackass: The Game (Red Mile), 5.
Jeanne D'Arc (Capcom)
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions and
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron swap the first and second positions over last week, and
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow holds steady at number two for the second week in a row.
Jackass: The Game: takes fourth, while
Jeanne D'Arc hangs in there, spending the second week in a row at number five.
Xbox
1.
Halo 2 (Microsoft), 2.
Halo (Microsoft), 3.
Madden NFL '08 (EA) 4.
Family Guy - Video Game! (Take Two), 5.
Ninja Gaiden Black (Tecmo)
It's
Halo 2 fourth week in number one, and the original
Halo steps up one into the second spot after spending three weeks at number three.
Ninja Gaiden Black continues to slide, descending from the fourth into the fifth spot, while
Madden NFL '08 also gets bumped down one into third.
Family Guy - Video Game! enters the top five in the fourth spot.
GameCube
1.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo) 2.
Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo), 3.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo), 4.
Mario Kart: Double Dash (Nintendo) 5.
Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo)
Twilight Princess retains the number one spot over last week, while
Super Smash Bros. Melee and
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes swap second and third place. With
Mario Kart: Double Dash and
Super Mario Sunshine taking fourth and fifth over from
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and
Resident Evil respectively, the top five GameCube requests are a solid block of first-party titles.
Game Boy Advance
1.
Pokemon: Emerald (Nintendo), 2.
Pokemon: Ruby (Nintendo), 3.
Pokemon: Sapphire (Nintendo), 4.
Pokemon: Fire Red(Nintendo), 5.
Pokemon: Leaf Green (Nintendo).
Total
Pokemon dominance of the Game Boy Advance top five is back,
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance leaves the top five. Fan favorite
Pokemon: Emerald takes its habitual number one spot again, while prior position two holder
Fire Red slips to fourth, trading places with
Ruby.
Pokemon: Sapphire holds steady in third, and
Leaf Green brings up the rear.
