Game Digital shares soar as it chases lucrative eSports revenue


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  • Thursday, 24 Aug 2017

The irony: The organisers do not seem unduly bothered that the very same behaviour the forums were meant to address

Game Digital Plc, the seller of Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation consoles, is shifting its focus to e-sports in a bid to tap into an increasingly lucrative industry. 

The push towards e-gaming comes as Game Digital posted a sales of £891.7mil (RM4.89bil) for the year to July 29, down 2.3% year on year. Shares in Game Digital, based in Basingstoke, England, rose as much as 42.13% early Wednesday in London, the highest since listing in 2014. 

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