Fri, Nov 19, 2010 | 00:07 GMT
GameStop reports Q3 sales of $1.9 billion, 50% of profit comes from used games

GameStop makes lots of money, that much is certain. But apparently, according to the firm’s Q3 financials, the company earned $1.9 billion in sales for the three-months ending October 30, which is up nine percent compared to the same period last year when it reported $1.83 billion in sales.
Overall sales for the firm were up nine percent over 2009 when GameStop reported sales of $1.83 billion.
Net earnings were up 4.8 percent to $54.7 million for the quarter, with used games hitting $528.million with a profit of $250.2 million, compared to 2009′s pre-owned worth of $507.7 million with a profit of $240 million.
This means that over 50 percent of company profit can be attributed to used game sales.
Holy Toledo, Batman.
Thanks, MCV.


3 comments
#1
night_tripper
19/11/10, 12:17 am
not surprising every time i go into my local gamestop here in washington state its really busy and used games sell like crazy in that store for every system
#2
bpcgos
19/11/10, 2:02 am
Who’s killed the gaming market nowadays??? piracy or used game sales! Or maybe the pricing !! Yeah, looks like its everyone faults!
#3
Crysis
19/11/10, 5:24 am
Now you understand why Publisher are angry at preowned sales, but i buy preowned unless it’s a must have game (for me)