Are We Wrong on GME? -05/29/15 at 12:19 PM CDTby breinejm

Reading earnings news on Gamestop Inc. (GME), I am, for the first time, questioning if we are right with GME. I know digital is increasing, but they are getting some of that pie. The customers are extremely loyal and buy DLC (cards) through them. Their Apple product sales are increasing as Apple is increasing their product offerings. Combined with this be...

THQ Rises on Game Sales Speculation -11/22/10 at 5:36 AM CSTby Perry Rod

[UPDATE 11/23/2010: THQ Inc. has this morning released a press release stating that uDraw is, "Already among the top-selling Wii titles at online retailer Amazon.com."  This may suggest that what this article confirms - that the title is not a top-selling title at other retailers.] THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) has risen over 20% on what appears to be exci...

Michael Pachter Overestimates, Take Two Interactive Shares Tumble -08/12/10 at 9:07 PM CDTby Perry Rod

Call it the Pachter effect. Video game analyst Michael Pachter, who himself has seemed to admit in the past that his monthly U.S. sales estimates for publishers come without much extensive research, has perhaps managed to help move Take Two Interactive’s stock (NASDAQ:TTWO) down about 17% in only three days.  How?  On Monday of this week,...

Redemption: 1.5M Units in the United States in May -07/02/10 at 3:43 AM CDTby Perry Rod

The video game industry today learned that Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption has had one of the biggest openings of any title in this console generation.  In fact, only two titles released in the first three quarters of any of the past few years have done this well in their opening month: Capcom's Resident Evil 5 which was released in March 2009, and Ro...

Gamestop Corp Rumor Writer Fired by Business Insider -03/25/10 at 11:26 AM CDTby Perry Rod

Managing editor of Clusterstock.com and former editor-in-chief of Dealbreaker.com John Carney was fired by Business Insider's Henry Blodget yesterday.  There is no official word on the reason for his termination. Two weeks prior, Carney had written an article stating that retailer GameStop Corp [NYSE:GME] "might be an acquisition target," according ...

TheStreet.com's Barry Ritholtz and a Tale of Two Media -02/11/10 at 1:43 PM CSTby Judd Bagley

This is a transcript of the Deep Capture podcast episode published on February 10, 2010. You may: Download the episode in mp3 format. Subscribe to the podcast’s RSS feed. Download in iTunes. listen to the episode right here in this handy audio player:  Barry Ritholtz and a tale of two media. [12:35m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup   It...

GameStop Technical Analysis Shows a Possible Significant Trend Reversal -01/05/10 at 11:10 PM CSTby Martin Sambu

Check out this mid-term view of Gamestop (NYSE:GME).  As you can see below, the stock has moved above its rising trendline which began in November 2008. This is bullish because it initially broke below the trendline but instead of continuing to decline, it very recently reversed course and moved up.    Here is a closer look at last 3 month...

Goldman Sachs Reiterates Buy Rating on GameStop Corp. -12/28/09 at 1:32 PM CSTby Perry Rod

After removing Gamestop Corp (NYSE:GME) from their conviction buy list in November, sell side Goldman Sachs (GS) analyst Robert Higginbotham today is pushing investors to buy GameStop shares, with a price target of $29.  He cites two specific catalysts including GameStop's holiday sales report coming on January 7th and their full earnings report in M...

Wikipedia Unimpressed by Lies About Naked Short Selling and Overstock... -12/16/09 at 12:26 PM CSTby Judd Bagley

Wikipedia’s Jimbo Wales sees Gary Weiss sockpuppeting all over the internet, defending illegal naked short selling, attacking CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) Patrick Byrne, and engaging in debates using multiple identities. As is described at great length in these pages, Wikipedia has been one of the principal battlegrounds in the effort to cover...

The Psychology of GameStop's Management Communication - Are Investors... -12/16/09 at 11:32 AM CSTby Joe Matty

GameStop Corp's (NYSE:GME) management is making every effort to recoup investor trust after earnings missses earlier in the year. Now, there is not one but two clear signals of management communicating confidence in their business. They are practically yelling . . . "Trust us, GameStop is well positioned, we are gaining share. We will come through with re...

GameStop - The Barbell Company -12/10/09 at 10:07 AM CSTby Joe Matty

Many have observed that NPD data has not necessarily been indicative of GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) performance. I happen to agree based on the Barbell Theory. GameStop has two big earnings drivers going for it that allow it to outperform a weak or relatively weak software sector: 1. Used Games. On the low end they have a very successful and dominant used...