The executives at GameStop have recently shared the earnings for the recent quarter. The executives shared the earnings report on Wednesday. In the earnings report, they have confirmed that their revenue was slightly above the estimations.

The revenue GameStop has generated in the respective quarter is worth $1.38 billion. A year back, GameStop had reported a revenue generation of $1.27 billion for the same quarter.

Net Loss Report

Despite beating the revenue estimates, GameStop reported that it faced a net loss in the same quarter. The officials confirmed the net loss they incurred was worth $157.9 million. Compared to the same quarter in the past year, GameStop had incurred $66 million worth of net loss.

Share Price Fluctuation after Posting Earnings

Following the posting of earnings, GameStop ended up experiencing a rise and fall in the share prices. Finally, the share prices for GameStop settled after experiencing a 2.68% dip in the share prices.

The revenue estimation the analysts had made for the respective quarter was $1.38 billion. The loss per share GameStop reported for the respective quarter was $2.08.

Sales Generation

For the same quarter, GameStop has reported that it has generated sales worth $673.8 million. The officials have confirmed the products they have sold in abundance are accessories and consoles for gaming. The sales from these products have amounted to 48.9% of the total sales they have recorded.

Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the sales they recorded for the same products were worth $703.5 million. In the software segment, they were able to generate $483.7 million, compared to the $397.9 million it generated in the same quarter last year.

As for the collectibles, GameStop reported it generated $220.9 million. In the same quarter of last year, GameStop had generated $175.4 million from sales of collectibles.

The executives stated that the sales they generated from the software and collectibles segment were promising. However, the gaming segment has been a letdown as their sales seem to have dropped in the running year.

GameStop Plans to Adopt Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

After sharing the earnings results, GameStop went onto providing detailed information surrounding their company’s outlook. One important update the GameStop officials gave was about the company adopting the NFT segment.

GameStop has announced it will be exploring the non-fungible token technology going forward. They want to add it to their business segments and generate heavily from their sales.

GameStop wants to adopt NFTs in order to benefit from the technology and popularity it has to offer. The company is aiming to create collectibles, artworks, and the other products that will increase its sales and revenue in the long run.