The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Computer games retailer's latest trading update indicates decline of 25% year-on-year Shares in the computer games retailer Game Group fell more than 13% today after it reported a steepening fall in sales. Group sales fell 15.4% year-on-year on a like-for-like basis in the 21 weeks to last Saturday, Game said in a trading update to coincide with its annual...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Shares in computer games retailer Game Group fall 14% after it warns half-year profits may be 64% lower.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Thursday, European specialist retailer of PC and video games product Game Group Plc (GMG.L, GGOPF.PK), in a trading update, reported a 15.4% decline in like-for-like sales for the 21 weeks to June 27, 2009. Pre-tax profit, on an adjusted basis, for ...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- PC and video game retailer Game Group said Thursday that, for the 21 weeks to June 27, total sales fell 9.1% and comparable sales declined 15.4%. The sales performance met expectations, given very strong sales last year, a period which included software releases such as Mario Kart, Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV. The firm expects to report adjusted...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Shares in Game Group fell more than 8 per cent after the group reported falling sales in the first half, as it lacked a blockbuster game release like 2008's Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto IV, which boosted sales for the same period last year
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Computer games have weathered the economic downturn better than other items on the high street as consumers look for affordable entertainment but even that trend may now be coming to an end.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Retailer reports 10% fall in sales and pins hopes on Wii Fit Plus, FIFA 2010 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Sales at The Game Group have taken a tumble after the company suffered from the absence of a blockbuster computer game launch. Game reported this morning that like-for-like sales fell by more than 15% between the start of February and the end of June, compared with...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Game Group’s UK and Ireland sales fell back by 12.4 percent in the first half of this year, the company says in a trading statement - but the drop was expected after “exceptional” sales of Wii Fit, Mario Kart and Grand Theft Auto IV bumped sales up 25 percent last year.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Video games retailer Game Group on Thursday reported an accelerating decline in sales, only partly offset by better profit margins, sending its shares up to 11 percent lower.
FT.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Traditional video game companies are losing executives to the sector and there is infighting among the new wave of developers as they seek to copy each other's successes
Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Chris Nuttall wrote about the boom in social gaming applications on Facebook back in April. Then in May, as the two-year anniversary of Facebook’s platform rolled around, I wrote how social games were by far its most popular category of applications. Now, Chris and I have collaborated to describe how social games are growing up. Social [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Traditional video game companies are losing executives to the sector and there is infighting among the new wave of developers as they seek to copy each other's successes
Destructoid (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Wii has a reputation for being a sales powerhouse, but according to the latest data, it would seem that at least in Britain, it's the Xbox 360 that's become the breadwinning console. The Annual General Meeting of The GAME Group has released sales data that shows the 360 outselling the Wii at a ratio of two to one. The data, which covers all UK retailers, shows that from February to...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
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GDC News (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Today I would like to start my blog and welcome all of you to GDC Europe. During the few next weeks, I would like to give you all some impressions about GDC Europe as well as the host city of Cologne. Since the Think Services Game Group Germany office is located in Berlin, our team travels quite a bit to this beautiful city. Oftentimes, I have flights from Berlin to Cologne and I can...
