Shares of the Grapevine, Texas-based retailer, which gets healthy profits from used game sales, rose as much as 6.7 percent on the results.

GameStop said it had first-quarter net income of $11.7 million, or 15 cents per share. That beat a company per-share forecast of 4 cents to 5 cents issued in March.

In the year-earlier quarter the retailer had net income of $10.3 million, or 19 cents per share. Per-share earnings were higher a year ago because the company had fewer shares prior to its acquisition of Electronics Boutique in October.

Revenue more than doubled to $1.04 billion from $475 million a year earlier. Besides the acquisition, the company attributed the increase to strong sales of Microsoft Corp. Xbox consoles and games such as "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter" from UbiSoft and "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" from Bethesda Softworks and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

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Speaking exclusively to MCV after a private retail briefing, Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Ray Maguire immediately pinpointed the E3 revelations of a double configuration and online pre-pay cards as not necessarily right for this side of the Atlantic.

“The lower-end 20Gb version of PlayStation 3 has no wi-fi, no HDMI and none of the other slots in it, so it’s really a question of where we would position it. It’s more likely that we will only launch the 60Gb version,” said Maguire.

“It’s five months until launch, so we have time for dialogue with retailers. Maybe the early adopter price for PlayStation 3 is really upwards of £2,000, given that retail has a great opportunity to drive HDTV TV sales,” added Maguire.

“And we won’t be launching the pre-pay card for online that was demonstrated at the press conference. It’s not right for the UK – too difficult to launch or manage." ...

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News from Play Asia:

Hundreds of brand new Japanese 8-64bit classics in stock (Vol.2) - Eternal Champions, LandStalker, Chaotix, After Burner Complete, Nintendo 64 Controllers & more (updated frequently!)

Welcome to the second volume of our classic gaming update. We are continuing with another few hundred of brand new and never played before classic gaming addtions made to our product catalogue. Make sure to check back for updates frequently and don't forget to check out our First Volume of the news, which contains another 300+ classic games.

May 18th: New in stock today are a number of official Nintendo 64™ accessories, including 8 different controllers in assorted colors, the Turicon 64 fishing rod (suitable for Itoi Shigesato Bass Fishing No. 1 Ketteihan!), Seta's Biosensor and more. Also added this time are a variety of Mega Drive™ and 32X games, including Gaiares, LandStalker, Chaotix, Doom and others.

Nintendo64™:
64GB Pack US$ 9.90
Biosensor N/A
Memory Card US$ 14.90
Memory Expansion Pack US$ 29.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (black) US$ 24.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (Pikachu blue & yellow) US$ 24.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (clear blue) N/A
Nintendo 64 Controller (clear red) US$ 24.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (green) US$ 24.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (Pikachu orange & yellow) N/A
Nintendo 64 Controller (red) US$ 24.90
Nintendo 64 Controller (yellow) US$ 24.90
Parlor! Pro 64: Pachinko Jikki Simulation JPN US$ 19.90
Turicon 64 US$ 24.90


Mega Drive™:
Ball Jacks JPN US$ 29.90
Captain Lang JPN US$ 19.90
Chiki Chiki Boys JPN US$ 29.90
Choutouryuu Retsuden: Dino Land JPN US$ 19.90
Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi no Yobu Enji JPN US$ 29.90
Disney's Aladdin JPN US$ 39.90
Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden JPN US$ 29.90
Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II JPN US$ 29.90
Ecco the Dolphin JPN US$ 19.90
Ecco the Dolphin 2 JPN US$ 19.90
Eternal Champions JPN US$ 29.90
Exile: Toki no Hazama e JPN US$ 9.90
Gaiares JPN US$ 29.90
Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury JPN US$ 19.90
Granada JPN US$ 14.90
Grand Slam JPN US$ 6.90
Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei JPN US$ 19.90
J League Pro Striker 2 JPN US$ 9.90
Juuouki / Altered Beast JPN US$ 19.90
Kid Chameleon JPN US$ 34.90
King of the Monsters JPN US$ 19.90
LandStalker JPN US$ 29.90
Mickey Mouse: World of Illusion JPN US$ 29.90
Mugen Senshi Valis JPN US$ 14.90
NBA Pro Basketball: Bulls vs Lakers JPN US$ 6.90
Puyo Puyo JPN US$ 19.90
Puyo Puyo Tsuu JPN US$ 19.90
Ryuuko no Ken / Art of Fighting JPN US$ 19.90
SD Valis JPN US$ 14.90
Samurai Spirits JPN US$ 19.90
Sega Tap US$ 14.90
Shin Souseiki Ragnacenty JPN N/A
The Lion King JPN US$ 29.90
Tougi-Ou: King Colossus JPN US$ 19.90
Virtua Racing JPN US$ 19.90
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Gaiden JPN US$ 24.90

32X™:
After Burner Complete JPN US$ 39.90
Chaotix JPN US$ 54.90
Cyber Brawl JPN US$ 29.90
Doom JPN US$ 29.90
Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples JPN US$ 19.90
Virtua Racing Deluxe JPN US$ 24.90

NeoGeo Pocket™:
Baseball Stars JPN US$ 14.90
Neo Baccarat JPN US$ 14.90
Pocket Tennis JPN US$ 14.90

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Article From Joystiq

We've been wanting to put this post together for a while but always lacked the image to do it justice, so imagine our glee at spotting the advertisement at right while strolling through London's Soho district.

When the Xbox 360 launched in Japan, certain English-speaking bloggers jumped all over photographs like this one to support their claims that the Xbox 360 had been marked down to about $170 USD because retailers were desparate to rid themselves of inventory. At the time, we refused to blog about this, because we knew that retailers were not, in fact, discounting the Xbox 360 but were bundling it with a cell phone contract. Editorially, we felt that any site that picked up the story was doing its readers a disservice.

One site even used the photograph to support the following dramatic lead sentence, "The train wreck that is the 360 Japan Launch continues."

In fact, the photograph had nothing to do with the volume of Xbox 360 sales.
Fast forward to today. By that same (faulty) logic, some Japanese blogger visiting London this month will go back home and breathlessly report that PSPs are in such low demand in the UK that they're being given away totally and completely free of charge. (This is of course patently false, as a cell phone contract is very lucrative. Baiting customers with an attractive consumer electronics device is a tactic used the world over.)

The point is that the advert at right tells us nothing about how the PSP is faring in Europe. This isn't a post about the PSP at all. It's a post about English bloggers in Japan who mislead their readership about the state of affairs in Japan. The mere fact that retailers consider the PSP (or Xbox 360) to be good bait for a lucrative cellular contract is actually a positive indicator that implies that both devices are attractive to consumers.

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