Desperate customers looking to own an RTX 3000 graphics card may want to maintain control over GameStop. The video game retailer is starting to sell PC hardware, including GPUs and laptops.
In a earnings conference call on Tuesday, GameStop CEO George Sherman said the company would expand its product catalog. “This includes increasing our product offerings on PC games, computers, monitors, gaming tables, mobile games and gaming TVs, to name just a few,” he said.
The company also produced a new weekly ad that shows GameStop’s plans to sell RTX 3000 graphics cards, motherboards, power supplies and desktop PC cases.
Product lists for the various RTX 3000 cards can now be found by searching the GameStop website. However, each list currently says that the cards “are not available”. Some other listings say the products will not arrive until April 16.
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The retailer plans to present the PC hardware on a dedicated page at GameStop.com/PCGaming, which will also sell desktop PCs. But for now, most of the stock remains unavailable. We contacted GameStop for more information and will update the story if we hear back.
A big question is whether sales of RTX 3000 graphics will take place only online or through GameStop physical stores. Many PC players expect it to be the last, which will make it more difficult for online bots and money changers to buy the stock.
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However, during Tuesday’s conference call, Sherman said his company is trying to invest more in e-commerce as a way to reach consumers. “Global e-commerce sales increased by 175% and represented 34% of total sales in the fourth quarter versus 12% of net sales in the same period last year,” he said.
The focus on expanding PC hardware sales also comes with GameStop reporting disappointing results in the fourth quarter. The company’s net sales for the period reached $ 2.12 billion, down from $ 2.19 billion a year ago, despite the recent launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.