GameStop has revealed their third-quarter numbers as well as details on the massive success that is Modern Warfare 2.
Modern Warfare 2 is officially the best-selling game in GameStop’s history, selling over 2.5 million copies worldwide in GameStop stores within the first three days! This is only the one of many records that the game smashed, as it achieved sales of over $550 million in it’s opening week, better than any move, book or game record previously attained.
The success of Modern Warfare two will come in next quarter’s financials for GameStop though, who’s third-quarter ended on Halloween, October 31st. Modern Warfare 2 didn’t release until November 10th.
Even despite that, GameStop is having a bang-up year. Their revenues hit $1.83 BILLION so far, which is an increase of over 8.2% from last year. Net income rose an even greater 11.8% to 52.2 million. Which is largely thanks to a great rise in the sale of used games, which rose 19.4% over last year.
The best-selling games for GameStop in the third quarter of 2009 were:
1. Madden NFL 10
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum
4. NBA 2K10
5. Wii Sports Resort
GameStop expects to have a better-than-expected fourth quarter 2009 due to the extremely high sales of Modern Warfare 2, and strong starts from games like Assassin’s Creed 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
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