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Same old GameStop, new accounting trick
GameStop is heading into its second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report with a familiar plot twist: the business is still shrinking, but a newer source of revenue may make the headline look less bleak. The company said in a preliminary update on August 31 that it expects net sales of $780 million to $800 million for the quarter ended August 1, down hard from $972.2 million a year earlier.
Why investors are squinting at the numbers
That’s the kind of slide that makes you wonder whether the core retail engine is still sputtering. Sure, any gains from eBay-related activity might soften the blow, but they’re not exactly the same thing as a healthy turnaround in the old storefront business.
- Net sales are expected to fall year over year
- The quarter ended August 1
- The company reports after the market closes on Tuesday
Big picture: the meme-stock glow has to meet math
GameStop has spent years trying to rewrite its story, but Wall Street still tends to care about one thing first: can it grow the actual business? If the answer is still mostly “not really,” then even a shiny side hustle is just a bandage on a bigger wound.
Big picture: investors aren’t just watching whether GameStop beats expectations — they’re watching whether there’s any real evidence the company’s core business has stopped bleeding.