Gamesconnection
gamesconnection.co.uk
Games Connection is a specialist retailer focusing on retro and niche video gaming products and merchandise. They are official stockists for premium gaming brands including Retro Fighters, EON, Insurrection Industries, GC-Loader, and mClassic, offering products tailored to retro gaming enthusiasts and collectors.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 35/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
177
Collections
17
Pages
109
Blog Posts
27
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
64/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 16 points below Gaming & Audio category average (51)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Gaming & Audio Ranking
#9 / 96
Top 9% in category
Category Avg Performance
51
-16 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.8s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.3s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.020
Cumulative Layout Shift
69ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.0s
First Contentful Paint
359ms
Time to First Byte
7.4s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 144 Gaming & Audio stores
#10 in Gaming & Audio
Top 7% of stores
62% below average
177 products vs 461 avg
Faster than 91% of Gaming & Audio stores
PageSpeed score: 35/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 144 stores in Gaming & Audio
62% below average
avg
63% below average
avg
276% above average
avg
52% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
TrustPilot
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 7% by catalog size
high
Strong content (27 blogs, 109 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Gamesconnection
Gamesconnection is a gaming & audio ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in US. The store currently offers 177 products organized across 17 collections, making it comparable in size for the gaming & audio category.
Theme and Design
Gamesconnection uses the Xtra theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Gamesconnection achieves a performance score of 35/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 82/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Gamesconnection uses TrustPilot for customer reviews and offers PayPal, Klarna, Zip (Quadpay) for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Gaming & Audio category, Gamesconnection ranks #10 out of 144 stores we track. This places them in the top 7% of gaming & audio stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 22, 2026
