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Xbox 360 Commands '08 Game Rentals

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By Kris Graft

January 14, 2009

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Consumers who rented games last year demonstrated rather narrow taste in genres in 2008, judging by a new report.

Research firm Rentrak released the top 10 videogame rentals of 2008, a list dominated by Mature-rated shooters, topped by Grand Theft Auto IV, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3.

Most of the games had a strong multiplayer component, consistent with the logic that consumers rent games for gatherings.

Mario Party 8 for Wii is the oldest game on the list, having been released in May 2007.

Another easily identifiable trend is the prominence of Xbox 360 games on the list: seven were for Microsoft's console and three were Nintendo-developed Wii games. No PS3 games were on the list.

Rentrak's rental research is based on consumer spend. The company said Xbox 360 and Wii increased their overall rental market share last year: Xbox 360 rose from 26 to 37 percent, while Wii increased form 7 to 17 percent.

Below is Rentrak's complete list:

  1. Grand Theft Auto IV, Xbox 360
  2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Xbox 360
  3. Halo 3, Xbox 360
  4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Xbox 360
  5. Army of Two, Xbox 360
  6. Mario Kart Wii, Wii
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii
  8. Fallout 3, Xbox 360
  9. Assassin's Creed, Xbox 360
  10. Mario Party 8, Wii

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On April 28th alexa said:

This outing of command and conquer was good but Unless you played co-op the ai commander was a bit useless,good story and some very cool units.
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On January 14th Top_Dollar said:

I'd never dream of renting a game, if i liked it, i wouldn't want to return the game back. Therefore titles are bought. End of.

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On January 15th NickgamertagO1 said:

Rental services like gamefly are pretty cool that you keep the game until you're done with it, then when you send it back in you get a new game. The monthly fee is about 20 bucks, not too bad. I don't use it, but my friend did.

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On January 14th Peter_Pesic said:

Fallout 3 IMO is the most interesting game to make the list, since it was in release the least amount of weeks during the survey's data period and it's not really a typical "rental" game, since there is so much gameplay time packed into it. I could see people renting to try it before they buy it.

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On January 15th jazzbrownie said:

I rented Fallout 3 (for PS3) because I was dying to play it, but didn't have enough cash to make a purchase. Then I went to check out and the rental fee was over $8... I was kind of shocked, since the last time I rented a game they charged me only $4 even. Are rental fees this high everywhere?