eXtra topped the fast-growing market for Sony PlayStation in Saudi Arabia and currently enjoys over 10% of the overall gaming market share in the Kingdom, which is estimated at SAR 750 million, where PlayStation account majority stake in the gaming consoles market. Currently, eXtra provides the over 9 million customers it serves annually with more than 12,000 products across its 24 stores – serving almost 90 percent of the population of Saudi Arabia. In addition, eXtra recently introduced its online shopping portal www.extra.com, a first-of-its-kind fully fledged electronics and home appliance website in the Kingdom.Read More…

SteelSeries, the leading name in the gaming peripherals, today announced the appointment of Geekay Distribution as the exclusive distributor for the region. SteelSeries will offer its complete suite of its gaming peripherals including headsets, keyboards, mice, and surfaces to gamers in the Middle East. Geekay distributes the entire video games category for several power retailers and hypermarkets along with strong relationship with hundreds of independent game retailers in the region, apart from having a strong retail presence throughout 14 independent game stores spread across three countries namely UAE, Oman and Bahrain.
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