US Rental Charts Feb. 17-23: Street Fighter IV cleans up

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Feb 23, 2009 5:05 pm PT

Capcom's 2D fighter tops GameFly's rental charts on Xbox 360, PS3, as Microsoft's platform scores near-perfect sweep of top 10.

Street Fighter IV is proving to be a hit at retail, with Capcom announcing today that it has shipped 2 million units to retailers across the globe. The 2D fighter is making a name for itself on the rental charts, as well. The well-rated Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Street Fighter IV took the top two slots in GameFly's weekly recap of its US game-loaning activity for the week of February 17-23.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 scored a clean slip in rental activity for the remainder of GameFly's weekly chart. The Valve-published, EA-distributed Left 4 Dead placed third, having scored fourth in The NPD Group's monthly sales chart for January. The survival horror shooter was followed by a number of other top sellers, with Call of Duty: World at War, Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Fable II, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed falling in at respective fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth slots.

Debuting at second on this week's PC charts, the Xbox 360 edition of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin was the ninth most-rented title last week. Ubisoft's Prince of Persia took the final position in GameFly's top 10 chart.

Week of February 16 - February 22, 2009
1) Street Fighter IV (X360)
2) Street Fighter IV (PS3) 3) Left 4 Dead (X360)
4) Call of Duty: World at War (X360)
5) Gears of War 2 (X360)
6) Fallout 3 (X360)
7) Fable II (X360)
8) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (X360)
9) F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (X360)
10) Prince of Persia (X360)

54 Comments

  • xXZak-ataKXx

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 2:21 pm PT

    the ps3 is incredible. the 360 has the advantage bcuz all the gamespot critics use it and they all hate the ps3. thats y KZ2 only got a 9.0 instead of a 9.5+.

  • AcuRsx

    Posted Mar 3, 2009 11:51 am PT

    Resident Evil 5 would to same the background between XBOX 360 and PS3? let see which is the best RE 5 game.

  • monlosez

    Posted Feb 28, 2009 8:52 pm PT

    This proves achievement is the best feature Microsoft ever created. By the way I have all these games.

    "Achievement Unlocked: SF4 Unbeatable Fist"

  • Downloadpilot

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 11:23 pm PT

    Anybody who rents games is cheap in my opinon Anyway, glad to see all the games on the list.

  • snakes3425

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 7:34 pm PT

    No Surprise on Street Fighter being the top. Sony needs to start advertising it's games better.

  • TurambarGS

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:55 pm PT

    Hmmm I never rent. Probably cos I'm such a completionist - I like hammering out all achievements and secrets and stuff like that for every game I play. Having just been burned in both the last games I bought though (VERY disappointed with both FarCry 2 and Fable 2), maybe I'm going to start having to rent. One thing is for certain - I can't trust Gamespot's reviews - neither of those games deserved near 8.5/10.

  • soroosh1985

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:45 pm PT

    i dont think its fair . ... look at the other great games too...

  • Pete5506

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:09 pm PT

    Good to see that Street Fighter got off to a good start

  • Lovelessness

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 6:44 pm PT

    no surprise there

  • hyper_apple4U

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 3:30 pm PT

    I won't be surprised if SFIV will be 2009's game of the year. It's far too early to make a guess but IF that is the case, then it's not surprising.

  • x8VXU6

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 3:16 pm PT

    I dont rent, I always want until a review of a game be for I buy it

  • scottwilkins

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 1:11 pm PT

    ...but if you look at the sales charts, it's all Wii and 360, no PS3 in sight. Sony's dying. Blame it on Blu-Ray, a bad media choice.

    Wii Fit (Wii) 777K Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) 415K Mario Kart (Wii) 292K Left 4 Dead (360) 243K Call Of Duty: World At War (360) 533K Skate 2 (360) 199K Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) 155K New Super Mario Bros (DS) 135K Mario Kart (DS) 132K Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (360) 113K

  • JackHoleFace00

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 12:17 pm PT

    Haha, and not a single Wii game? Do Wii owners even know they can rent games? Do they even know their are games other than Wii Sports?! But I digress...

    I guess it makes sense that the only PS3 game in the charts is SFIV, considering almost all of those games have been released on both systems but 360 has a larger userbase.

  • CharlieFubar

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 12:17 pm PT

    to everyone saying 360 people are poor... howabout trying gamefly first... oh wait u need a credit card and prolly dont have one.

  • gerudoman320

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 12:01 pm PT

    all games are for 360...360 rules and will do forevere...and SF IV is just to awesome that its 2 games are on the top

  • PattyBoo1391

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 11:59 am PT

    I havent rented games for years! Not since the good old Mega drive!

  • Corelis

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 11:50 am PT

    I have Xbox 360 and purchase all my games, i like to keep a game library at home.

  • GameBeaten

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 10:59 am PT

    Either 360 is successful, or Wii and PS3 owners just buy their games.

    And don't go all fanboy on me, I have all three consoles. Thank God for brothers.

    I haven't rented a game in years. I think I should again in case I make any accidental purchases. I think the last game I rented was for Gamecube or something.

  • Bufta posted Feb 24, 2009 9:42 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Bufta

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 9:42 am PT (hide)

    All this proves is - most Xbox 360 owners are poor and therefore cant afford to actually buy games, oh dear!

  • fintang

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:49 am PT

    Damn. My rental store isnt renting Street Fighter IV out but they're selling it for only 40euros so SCORE!!

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