Wii for Sale

The gaming retailer said profits of ｣122m for the 50 weeks to January 10 were driven by strong hardware sales, an increasing number of female shoppers and the collapse of rival retailer Woolworths. Game Group saw like-for-like group sales increase 9.5pc over the year, with an estimated 39pc of its customers and one in two of its "reward card" members now women.
The company, which has a 30pc share of the video games market, said that UK owners of Sony Playstation 3 more than doubled to 1.9m, Microsoft Xbox owners grew 77pc to 3.2m and Nintendo Wii owners rose 145pc to 4.9m last year. Demand for hand-held gaming devices, including Playstation Portable and Nintendo DS, rose from 8.8m to 12m units across the UK market.

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