Midway Sports says that its action-arcade baseball game MLB SlugFest 20-03, was the top-selling baseball videogame for the PlayStation 2 in 2002 - in the US. MLB SlugFest 20-03 launched on the PlayStation 2 in June 2002, and the Xbox and GameCube in August 2002. According to sales data from NPD Funworld, MLB SlugFest 20-03 has outsold every baseball game individually for the PlayStation 2 by two-to-one since its launch. Midway Sports also points out that in July 2002, MLB SlugFest 20-03 outsold all competing PlayStation 2 games’ combined sales by a nearly two-to-one margin, and any single PlayStation 2 competitor by five-to-one. Not too shabby for a game that focuses more on over-the-top baseball action than simulation - but that's the whole draw isn't it?

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