GAMEFLY ANNOUNCES TOP 20 GAME RENTALS FOR 2003
“Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic”
from LucasArts Ranks #1 Rental Overall
Santa Monica, CA, (January 13, 2003) – GameFly (
www.gamefly.com ), the world’s
leading online video game rental service that offers the best selection and
availability, today released its Top 20 Game Rentals for 2003. Across
the four platforms that GameFly carries (Sony PlayStation®2, Microsoft Xbox?,
Nintendo GameCube? and Game Boy® Advance consoles), LucasArts’ Star Wars:
Knights of the Old Republic on the Xbox ranked #1 video game rental overall.
On the individual platforms, Sony Computer Entertainment’s Jak II was
the number one rented Sony PlayStation2 title; Capcom’s Viewtiful Joe was
the number one rented Nintendo GameCube title; and Nintendo’s Final
Fantasy Tactics Advance was the most frequently rented Nintendo GameBoy
Advance game.
“Our Top 20 data is a strong indicator of what games are hot in the current
market,” said Sean Spector, Co-Founder and VP of Marketing/Business Development.
“As our customer base continues to grow, we gain more and more valuable insight
into the minds and habits of gamers around the country. We know what games and
genres they like to rent, what platforms are going strong, how long games are
being played, as well as which games customers like so much that, in most cases,
they decide to purchase at a discounted price instead of returning it to GameFly.”
GameFly customers represent every kind of gamer in the United States – from the
hard-core gamer to the casual gamer – all of whom rely on GameFly to provide the
latest games on the market, as well as hard-to-find classic games. The following
games were the most frequently rented games by GameFly members in 2003 across
all four platforms:
Title Platform
Publisher
-
Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic Xbox LucasArts -
Simpsons Hit and Run
Xbox Vivendi Universal -
Crimson Skies: High Road to
Revenge Xbox Microsoft -
True Crime: Streets of LA
Xbox Activision -
Soul Calibur 2
Xbox Namco -
Jak II
PS2 Sony
-
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
PS2 Konami -
Freedom Fighters
Xbox Electronic Arts -
Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time Xbox Ubi Soft -
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3
Xbox Ubi Soft -
Simpsons Hit and Run
PS2 Vivendi Universal -
Brute Force
Xbox
Microsoft -
Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach
Volleyball Xbox Tecmo -
Return to Castle Wolfenstein:Tides
of War Xbox Activision -
Enter the Matrix
Xbox Infogrames -
Midnight Club 2
PS2 Take Two -
Enter the Matrix
PS2 Infogrames
-
The Getaway
PS2 Sony -
Madden NFL 2004
PS2 Electronic Arts
-
Final Fantasy X-2
PS2 Square Enix
Following are the top 10 most
frequently rented games per console:
Top 10 GameBoy Advance Rentals on GameFly for 2003:
-
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance,
Nintendo -
Super Mario Advance 4, Nintendo
-
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga,
Nintendo -
Wario Ware Inc.: Mega MicroGames,
Nintendo -
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow,
Konami -
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby &Sapphire,
Nintendo -
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand,
Konami -
Donkey Kong Country ,
Nintendo -
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising,
Nintendo -
Sword of Mana, Nintendo
Top 10 Nintendo GameCube
Rentals on GameFly for 2003:
-
Viewtiful Joe, Capcom
-
Mario Kart: Double Dash, Nintendo
-
F-Zero GX, Nintendo
-
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour,
Nintendo -
Legend of Zelda: The WindWaker,
Nintendo -
Soul Calibur 2, Namco
-
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III:Rebel
Strike, LucasArts -
Wario World, Nintendo
-
Simpsons Hit and Run, Vivendi
Universal -
Ikaruga, Atari
Top 10 PlayStation 2
Rentals on GameFly for 2003:
-
Jak II, Sony Computer
Entertainment -
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence,
Konami -
Simpsons Hit and Run, Vivendi
Universal -
Midnight Club 2, Take Two
-
Enter the Matrix, Infogrames
(Atari) -
The Getaway, Sony Computer
Entertainment -
Madden NFL 2004, Electronic Arts
-
Final Fantasy X-2, Square Enix
-
True Crime: Streets of LA,
Activision -
Silent Hill 3, Konami
Top 10 Xbox Rentals on
GameFly for 2003:
-
Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic, LucasArts -
Simpsons Hit and Run, Vivendi
Universal -
Crimson Skies: High Road to
Revenge, Microsoft -
True Crime: Streets of LA,
Activision -
Soul Calibur 2, Namco
-
Freedom Fighters, Electronic Arts
-
Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time, Ubi Soft -
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3,
UbiSoft -
Brute Force, Microsoft
-
Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach
Volleyball, Tecmo
About GameFly
Founded in 2002, Santa Monica-based GameFly is the world’s leading online video
game rental service, delivering the best selection and availability. GameFly
carries nearly 1500 different game titles for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube and
GameBoy Advance consoles. Located online at
www.gamefly.com, a $21.95
monthly subscription fee allows members to checkout an unlimited number of games
per month, two games at a time. GameFly also offers hundreds of the highest
quality pre-played video games for sale at exceptional prices.
