In today’s Daily Fix:
GameStop is pivoting to the collectible trading card market as the company looks to improve upon a succesful first financial quarter. Trading cards—Pokémon specifically—are a huge market for collectors, but scalpers often prevent most fans from purchasing cards at retail prices. Maybe GameStop can find a way to prevent scalpers from buying up huge stocks of inventory. In other news, Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World is outselling Switch 1 launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by about 4x over a similar 4-day period in Japan. Mario Kart World has so far sold nearly 800,000 units in four days in Japan’s retailers, not accounting for online sales. And finally, exciting details on MindsEye’s unique game creation tools.
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