Re: GamesMaster - 25th anniversary issue
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:13 pm
jawafour wrote:I've often noted that Future seems to have done so little to get their print subscribers over to digital channels. Their sole gaming website, gamesradar+, is an unbelieveavly weak offering. I'm not totaly averse to moving over to digital but I'd like to "try it out" without having to sign up for a sub. How come Future has never offered a free issue download to their paper-based subscribers? Why have they never created any kind of link-up / benefit / reason for their paper-based customers to be interested in the digital versions? How can such a (once massive) gaming mag publisher have such poor online presence?
Note: I'm definitley not digging at any of Future's (under-paid and under-appreciated) mag writers as I feel certain they must have pushed Future's management to evolve for the digital age. Any "blame" would appear to lie firmly at the feet of the board and their lack of vision and action over the past decade.
Remember this article a few years back...
https://www.theguardian.com/media-netwo ... nt-digital
Unfortunately, I had the bright idea of buying a Microsoft surface over an iPad or an Android.
I've always liked using tablets now and again, but a convertible laptop just made more sense.