Gamestop Owns 1/5 US Games Market, Report

[Terry Olaes]

Gamasutra reports that Gamestop owns 21% or 1/5 of the US game market by itself. Those are some crazy numbers. This is the final part of a 3-part in-depth look at Gamestop by Gamasutra. If you’re curious, the links to the other parts are in the article.

The company we know as GameStop traces its origin to Babbage's, a software retailer based in Dallas, Texas. GameStop achieved much of its current strong market position through mergers and acquisitions with other game retailers like Funco and Electronics Boutique (in the United States) and Micromania (in France).

 

[TerranUp16]

Assuming that Steam and Impulse and D2D and etc are not factored into the US game market percentage since GameStop's PC game sales aren't even factored in according to the article.

 

[BladeVenom]

I'd bet Walmart sells more games.