Retailer GAME says that the PS3 pushed sales up; pictured: a customer handing over cash at the PS3 midnight launch at GAME on Dawson Street in Dublin.
GAME have stores around Ireland but it is hard to tell what trends are exclusive to the State or the island as the company treats the UK and Ireland as the one market.
"In the UK and Ireland, total sales were up by 71.1%" the statement says "The Sony Playstation 3 launched on 23 March 2007. If we exclude all sales of the PS3 product category the UK and Ireland [like-for-like] sales were up by 24.6%".
The retailer says it has also seen strong Wii sales, but did not expand on detail.
GAME say they are expecting a net profit before tax between £1m and £3m (€1.48m and €4.4), at least before the cost of the takeover of Gamestation.
The chairman of GAME, Peter Lewis, said, "The PC and video games market has grown strongly in this period and I am pleased to report that GAME is performing in line with our expectations for the first half of the year".
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