Gaming Stock Market News
September 9, 2009 - Hey, it looks like video games can prosper in a recession!
Both Best Buy and Gamestop stocks have bumped up 4.3 per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively. What the causes of this bump were cannot be pinpointed, perhaps it was the rising dollar value, or maybe the PS3 Slim and Xbox 360 price cuts may have contributed. Either way, it’s nice to see good news once and a while.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, “GameStop meanwhile closed at USD 24.93, but experienced continued price growth in after hours to rise a further 1.4 per cent to USD 25.27.”
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