Gamestop Reports Loss, 360 Shortages

Gamasutra reports that gaming retail powerhouse Gamestop has reported a slow third quarter, largely based on few big named titles during that period of time. The article also mentioned their frustrations with the 360's limited production so far. From the article: "There is no question that both the core gamer and gift giver are very enthusiastic about this great product. In fact, our attach ratio of games and accessories to date has never been higher for any release in GameStop's history. Our only concern is that the total hardware released to date in the U.S., and to GameStop, are far less than we had anticipated. While we expect to be supplied throughout the holiday season, the exact quantities to be shipped are not yet clear."

Comments

Whatever happened

[dar]

to the EB buyout of Gamestop?

Re:Roffles

[Morinaga]

You are confusing profits and revenue. The profitering mantra of corporations trying to squeeze out ever last drop of profit is a fallacy. Stockholders of public corporations are in general obsessed with "growth" which is generally focused on revenue increases. If a company is increasing their revenue then they are becoming more valuble as a commodity that investors might wish to own for increasing stock values. Profits can be in the red within reason or investor expectations with no negitive consequence.

The days of your grandparents income stocks are nearly extinct like corporate pensions. The corporations aren't the root of evil, it's the manner in which their "owners" demand growth to increase their shareholder wealth that create problems. Ironically those shareholders are people like myself and millions of others with 401ks. Problem is I own one tenth of one percent in X corporation in my well diversified portfolio and the power of proxy vote, board of director pressure etc... is in the hands of large portfolio managers. These investors like myself aren't interested in examining the profit philosophy of the 5000 companies I have a stake in for a variety of reasons. The least of which is the fact you have no power in such a minority stake and the biggest of which is I'm more concerned about making my mortgage payment, saving for my kid's education and selfishly the results of this weekends Bronco game. Call me self centered if you will but do take a quick look in the mirror before you throw those stones.