Video Game Renters; GameStop
Written by playerbonfield on January 8th, 2009 at 3:52pm
NEW YORK -- They stand in line outside stores waiting for midnight launches of new video games. When they get home after a long day, they plop down in front of the TV not to sit back and watch, but to play.
They're known as "core gamers." They are people like Greg Wilcox, who writes about video games and has bought roughly 100 this year, and like Mark Hengst, who's in law enforcement and says daily gaming gives him an "interactive form of escapism." Then there's Wyatt Du Frane, a geology graduate student who's been playing since he was a little boy.
"I like their scope," said
Du Frane, 28, a student at Arizona State University. "A movie is only a couple of hours. A video game is more like a book or a TV series, where you can kind of continue the story."
For the video game industry, core gamers are proving crucial.
GameStop Climbs After Profit Forecast Beats Estimates
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
8 (Bloomberg) -- GameStop Corp., the world’s largest video-game retailer, climbed as much as 14 percent in New York trading after its annual profit forecast ...
GameStop's Holiday Same-Store Sales Rise 10% CNNMoney.com
GameStop Lands Record Holiday Sales Despite Economic Woes Wired News
GameStop holiday sales surge, shares jump The Associated Press
Bizjournals.com - Motley Fool
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Pops & Drops: Sears, Gamestop...
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - 3 minutes ago
Find out why shares of Sears and Gamestop popped while Saks and Abercrombie & Fitch dropped. Sears (SHLD) popped 23%. The department store’s Q4 earnings ...GME
Stocks on the move: Anadys, Gamestop, Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart
Inside Bay Area, CA - 6 hours ago
GameStop Corp. (GME US) had the second-biggest gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, climbing 5 percent to $23.73. The world's largest video-game ...ANDS - GME - SHLD
GameStop sets holiday sales record
Playthings, NY - 23 minutes ago
By Staff -- Playthings, 1/8/2009 3:38:00 PM GRAPEVINE, Texas—GameStop tallied record sales results for the nine-week holiday period, the video game retailer ...GME
They're known as "core gamers." They are people like Greg Wilcox, who writes about video games and has bought roughly 100 this year, and like Mark Hengst, who's in law enforcement and says daily gaming gives him an "interactive form of escapism." Then there's Wyatt Du Frane, a geology graduate student who's been playing since he was a little boy.
"I like their scope," said
Du Frane, 28, a student at Arizona State University. "A movie is only a couple of hours. A video game is more like a book or a TV series, where you can kind of continue the story."
For the video game industry, core gamers are proving crucial.
GameStop Climbs After Profit Forecast Beats Estimates
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
8 (Bloomberg) -- GameStop Corp., the world’s largest video-game retailer, climbed as much as 14 percent in New York trading after its annual profit forecast ...
GameStop's Holiday Same-Store Sales Rise 10% CNNMoney.com
GameStop Lands Record Holiday Sales Despite Economic Woes Wired News
GameStop holiday sales surge, shares jump The Associated Press
Bizjournals.com - Motley Fool
all 113 news articles » GME
Pops & Drops: Sears, Gamestop...
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - 3 minutes ago
Find out why shares of Sears and Gamestop popped while Saks and Abercrombie & Fitch dropped. Sears (SHLD) popped 23%. The department store’s Q4 earnings ...GME
Stocks on the move: Anadys, Gamestop, Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart
Inside Bay Area, CA - 6 hours ago
GameStop Corp. (GME US) had the second-biggest gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, climbing 5 percent to $23.73. The world's largest video-game ...ANDS - GME - SHLD
GameStop sets holiday sales record
Playthings, NY - 23 minutes ago
By Staff -- Playthings, 1/8/2009 3:38:00 PM GRAPEVINE, Texas—GameStop tallied record sales results for the nine-week holiday period, the video game retailer ...GME