The company's shares closed at $43.87 on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Analysts on average had expected revenue of $2.2 billion of profit of 61 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The Grapevine, Texas-based company said total revenue fell to $2.09 billion from $2.11 billion. Adjusted for the deferral of digital revenue and other items, the company earned 57 cents per share. Continuing Ubisoft's trend of auctioning off a piece of in-game content to each retailer, Assassin's Creed: Unity has four pre-order bonuses, one per retailer. 1, from $68.6 million, or 58 cents per share, a year earlier.

GameStop's net income dropped to $56.4 million, or 50 cents per share, in the third quarter ended Nov. 'These consoles have had a great start as cumulative sales are currently over 70 percent higher than the combined first year totals of Xbox 360 and PS3,' the NDP report said. Sales of new hardware jumped 147.4 percent, driven by robust demand for Sony Corp's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Corp's Xbox One. GameStop narrowed its fiscal 2014 earnings forecast to 3.40-3.55 per share from 3.40-3.70. Games launched in October sold 42 percent fewer units, compared with a year earlier, market research firm NPD said in an e-mail. Release of 'Assassins Creed Unity,' developed by Frances Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBIP.PA), was delayed by about two weeks and hit stores in North America only on Nov. Sales of new game software fell 34.4 percent in the quarter. GameStop said it expected fiscal 2014 diluted earnings of $3.40-$3.55 per share, compared to its earlier forecast of $3.40-$3.70. From the storming of the Bastille to the execution of King Louis XVI, experience the French Revolution as never before, and help the people of France carve an entirely new destiny. Release of Assassin's Creed Unity, developed by France's Ubisoft Entertainment SA, was pushed by about two weeks to make minor improvements and hit stores in North America only on Nov. Introducing Assassins Creed Unity, the blockbuster franchises new chapter powered by the all new Anvil engine, rebuilt from the ground up for next gen. Shares of the world's largest retailer of video game products fell 11 percent in extended trading after the company also lowered the upper end of its full-year profit forecast. (Reuters) - GameStop Corp reported quarterly revenue and profit well below analysts' estimates as the delayed release of Assassin's Creed Unity and flagging videogame software sales more than offset high demand for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.

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