ChartSpot: May 2004

Hopefully nobody at Capcom headquarters wears cowboy boots, because executives at the company are probably kicking themselves for selling Red Dead Revolver to Rockstar. According to figures released by the NPD Group last week, the Western-themed title was the best-selling game of May 2004.

Besides topping the combined sales charts, Red Dead Revolver also rode at the front of the Xbox and PlayStation 2 posses. Capcom's top tile, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, trailed seven slots behind on the chart. Other titles of note on the console top 10s were: Nintendo's Pokemon Colosseum, the best-selling GameCube game, and Activision's Shrek 2, which led Game Boy Advance sales. Also, Halo: Combat Evolved was the number-two Xbox game, some two and a half years after its release. Midway's NBA Ballers duked it out with EA's Fight Night 2004 and MVP Baseball 2004 for top sports game honors.

NCsoft's City Of Heroes saved the day on PCs, with the superhero-themed massively multiplayer online game flying highest in the sales chart for the second month in a row. Seminal shooters Far Cry and Battlefield Vietnam swapped second and third places, followed by real-time strategy classic Rise of Nations and its new expansion pack, Thrones & Patriots. Jumping a whopping 28 slots was LucasArts' resurgent Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, whose $10 price drop enticed more PC gamers to feel the force.

ALL CONSOLES
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Red Dead Revolver	PS2	Rockstar	May'04	$48
2	2	NBA Ballers	PS2	Midway	Apr'04	$38
**	3	Fight Night 2004	PS2	Electronic Arts	Apr'04	$48
4	4	MVP Baseball 2004	PS2	Electronic Arts	Mar'04	$48
**	5	Shrek 2	PS2	Activision	May'04	$50
**	6	Red Dead Revolver	Xbox	Rockstar	May'04	$49
**	7	Transformers	PS2	Atari	May'04	$50
**	8	Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	PS2	Sony	May'04	$49
**	9	Shrek 2	GBA	Activision	May'04	$30
**	10	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege	PS2	Capcom USA	Apr'04	$50
**	11	Samurai Warriors	PS2	Koei	May'04	$50
9	12	Halo: Combat Evolved	Xbox	Microsoft	Nov'01	$29
10	13	Hitman: Contracts	PS2	Eidos Interactive	Apr'04	$50
5	14	Pokemon Colosseum	GC	Nintendo	Mar'04	$48
**	15	Shrek 2	GC	Activision	May'04	$50
**	16	Van Helsing	PS2	VU Games	May'04	$49
**	17	Custom Robo	GC	Nintendo	May'04	$40
**	18	Fight Night 2004	Xbox	Electronic Arts	Apr'04	$49
**	19	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	GBA	Nintendo	May'04	$29
**	20	NBA Street Vol 2	PS2	Electronic Arts	Apr'03	$20

PC
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Publisher	Average Price
1	1	City Of Heroes	NCsoft	$47
3	2	Far Cry	Ubisoft	$39
2	3	Battlefield Vietnam	Electronic Arts	$38
36	4	Rise Of Nations: Thrones & Patriots	Microsoft	$27
12	5	Rise Of Nations	Microsoft	$33
4	6	Unreal Tournament 2004	Atari	$38
35	7	Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic	LucasArts	$29
7	8	Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicles	NCsoft	$45
6	9	The Sims Deluxe	Electronic Arts	$25
5	10	Counter Strike: Condition Zero	VU Games	$36
10	11	MS Age Of Mythology	Microsoft	$33
8	12	Call Of Duty	Activision	$42
**	3	Thief: Deadly Shadows	Eidos	$40
16	14	The Sims Double Deluxe	Electronic Arts	$33
15	15	The Sims: Makin' Magic Expansion Pack	Electronic Arts	$32
14	16	Lords Of the Realm 3	VU Games	$20
18	17	Warcraft III Battle Chest	VU Games	$42
13	18	MS Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection	Microsoft	$30
20	19	Hoyle Casino 2004	VU Games	$23
27	20	Final Fantasy XI	Square Enix USA	$50

PLAYSTATION 2
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Red Dead Revolver	Rockstar	May'04	$48
2	2	NBA Ballers	Midway	Apr'04	$38
**	3	Fight Night 2004	Electronic Arts	Apr'04	$48
3	4	MVP Baseball 2004	Electronic Arts	Mar'04	$48
**	5	Shrek 2	Activision	May'04	$50
**	6	Transformers	Atari	May'04	$50
**	7	Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	Sony	May'04	$49
9	8	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege	Capcom USA	Apr'04	$50
**	9	Samurai Warriors	Koei	May'04	$50
5	10	Hitman: Contracts	Eidos Interactive	Apr'04	$50

XBOX
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Red Dead Revolver	Rockstar	May'04	$49
4	2	Halo: Combat Evloved	Microsoft	Nov'01	$29
**	3	Fight Night 2004	Electronic Arts	Apr'04	$49
3	4	NBA Ballers	Midway	Apr'04	$39
2	5	Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow	Ubisoft	Mar'04	$49
**	6	Rallisport Challenge2	Microsoft	May'04	$49
5	7	Hitman: Contracts	Eidos Interactive	Apr'04	$50
6	8	MVP Baseball 2004	Electronic Arts	Mar'04	$49
**	9	Van Helsing	VU Games	May'04	$49
7	10	Ninja Gaiden	Tecmo	Mar'04	$48

GAMECUBE
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
1	1	Pokemon Colosseum	Nintendo	Mar'04	$48
**	2	Shrek 2	Activision	May'04	$50
**	3	Custom Robo	Nintendo	May'04	$40
**	4	Sonic Mega Collection	Sega	Nov'02	$20
3	5	Super Smash Brothers Melee	Nintendo	Dec'01	$30
2	6	Harvest Moon:Wondrful	Natsume	Mar'04	$40
4	7	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Nintendo	Nov'03	$49
7	8	Luigi's Mansion	Nintendo	Nov'01	$20
6	9	Sonic Heroes	Sega	Jan'04	$50
**	10	Metroid Prime	Nintendo	Nov'02	$20

GAME BOY ADVANCE
Last Month	Current Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Release Date	Average Price
**	1	Shrek 2	GBA	Activision	May'04	$30
**	2	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	GBA	Nintendo	May'04	$29
3	3	Mario Bros 3: Mario 4	GBA	Nintendo	Oct'03	$30
2	4	Pokemon Ruby	GBA	Nintendo	Mar'03	$32
4	5	Pokemon Sapphire	GBA	Nintendo	Mar'03	$33
**	6	Donkey Kong Country	GBA	Nintendo	Jun'03	$20
7	7	Metroid Zero Mission	GBA	Nintendo	Feb'04	$30
9	8	Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament 2004	GBA	Konami	Feb'04	$33
**	9	Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue	GBA	Capcom USA	Jun'03	$14
10	10	Mario & Luigi Saga	GBA	Nintendo	Nov'03	$31