CHIPS, which celebrates its 23rd birthday this year, is the first video games chain to franchise its highly successful formula across the country and now you have the chance to grab your very own shop-in-a-box.

CHIPS started in the mid-1980s at the birth of the video games industry and now has 12 company-owned stores, an award-winning e-commerce site and 19 franchised outlets in Skipton; Stafford; Hartlepool; Arnold; Lytham St Annes; Yeovil; Consett; Chester le-Street; Guisborough; Chorlton; Orpington, Stockton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Woodley, Ashford, Glasgow West End, Ormskirk, Dudley and Longton.

Each of CHIPS own company stores and franchise outlets buys, sells and trades all leading brands of consoles, games, accessories and DVDs.

The video games industry has entered a new era with the launch of the next generation of consoles. Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii are all vying for top slot and with a host of exciting new games, business is booming.

By the turn of the 21 Century the UK’s leisure software market was worth £934.4m. Almost £600m was spent on consoles and hand-held game titles and now you could be part of the action.

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