Close
Report Comment to a Moderator Our Moderators review all comments for abusive and offensive language, and ensure comments are from Verified Users only.
Please report a comment only if you feel it requires our urgent attention.
I understand, report it. Cancel

Retail

Record second quarter sales for GameStop

By Matt Martin

Thu 21 Aug 2008 3:36pm GMT / 11:36am EDT / 8:36am PDT
Retail

Sales hit $1.8bn led by GTA IV, MGS4 and NCAA Football

US retailer GameStop has hit record second quarter sales for the three months ended August 2.

Net earnings were up 162.1 per cent to USD 57.2 million, with sales up 34.8 per cent to USD 1.8 billion.

"In the second quarter, we produced record revenues in each of the geographical regions where we operate," said R. Richard Fontaine, GameStop's chairman and CEO.

"By prioritising our investments and focusing our resources, GameStop continues to significantly outperform the speciality retail segment as a whole, when comparing top-line growth, comparable store sales, and net earnings growth."

Sales across the 5557 stores were up 20 per cent, with new software sales up 43 per cent.

The biggest titles for the retailer during the period were GTA IV, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, NCAA Football 09, Wii Fit and Battlefield: Bad Company.

From GamesIndustry.biz Recommendations by Taboola

Login or register to post

Take part in the GamesIndustry community

Register now