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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Stockholders
GameStop Corp.
Grapevine, Texas
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of GameStop Corp. as of January 29,
2005 and January 31, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and
cash Öows for the 52 week periods ended January 29, 2005, January 31, 2004 and February 1, 2003. We have
also audited the schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. These Ñnancial statements and the
schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these Ñnancial statements and the schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the Ñnancial statements and the schedule are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the Ñnancial
statements and schedule, assessing the accounting principles used and signiÑcant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ñnancial statement and schedule. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated Ñnancial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the Ñnancial position of GameStop Corp. at January 29, 2005 and January 31, 2004 and the results of
its operations and its cash Öows for each of the 52 week periods ended January 29, 2005, January 31, 2004 and
February 1, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
Also, in our opinion, the schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth herein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the eÅectiveness of GameStop Corp.'s internal control over Ñnancial reporting as of
January 29, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control Ì Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated
March 30, 2005 expressed an unqualiÑed opinion thereon.
/s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
BDO Seidman, LLP
Dallas, Texas
March 30, 2005
(except for Note 16, which
is as of August 24, 2005)
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