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The U.S. retail giant GameStop gobbled up one of the biggest digital distributors of PC games on the internet in Impulse. There are only a few websites out there that garner enough digital sales of games to be relevant to the conversation. Without the each company’s sales numbers available to rank them, only anecdotal evidence can say how well they do but Valve’s Steam is likely #1, with Direct2Drive, GamersGate, Impulse, and Good Old Games making the shortlist. With online sales skyrocketing and the shelf space for PC games at retailers shrinking, GameStop has decided to invest heavily in what […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/41/41855.jpg