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Game shares plummet on fears demand has peaked

According to this Reuters report, UK retailer Game's shares fell as much as 14 percent to a three month low of 225p today, despite the group posting stellar financials for the first six months of the year.

"A stunning trading update," said Shore Capital analyst John Stevenson, raising his full-year profit forecast by almost a quarter to £139.5 million ($277 million).

"(But) unless we see new hardware launches into the UK market over the next 2 years, which appears unlikely at present, then we believe profits will peak this year and fall consistently over the following three years."

Game's first six month of 2008 sales showed sales up by 54 percent over the previous corresponding period.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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