Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, which ones?

Anything to do with games at all.

Which games magazines do you buy?

Official PlayStation Magazine (1995-)
2
12%
Official Xbox Magazine (2002-)
0
No votes
PC Gamer (1993-)
1
6%
EDGE (1993-)
2
12%
Retro Gamer (2004-)
6
35%
None
6
35%
 
Total votes: 17
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PostGaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, which ones?
by NickSCFC » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:20 pm

Discussing the 25th anniversary of GamesMaster, it turns out that very few of us now buy/read games magazines.

I only buy a couple of magazines a year (namely EDGE and OPM) where as a decade ago I was buying two magazines monthly

Does anyone here still buy magazines and, if so, paper or digital?

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EDGE
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/g ... bscription

Official PlayStation
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/g ... bscription

Official Xbox
http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/g ... bscription

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by jawafour » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:31 pm

I susbscribe to the paper edition of Official PlayStation Magazine and have done so for about four years now. I also subscribed to gamesTM for a long time - about nine years - but I no longer get that. I also subbed to Amiga Format for years until it's demise in 2000.

My peak mag time was the early 90s when I used to buy loads of them; Amiga Format, CU Amiga, Amiga Power, Amiga Action, Mean Machines, C&VG, Super Play, Nintendo Official Magazine, MegaTech.... stupid amounts of them :lol: .

My all-time top five gaming mags are:

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Amiga Format
Mean Machines
Amiga Power
Official Nintendo Magazine

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by NickSCFC » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:35 pm

I started with CVG around 1993 and bought it ever few months up until 1999 when most of the staff left.

Subcribed on and off to Sega Saturn magazine, Official PlayStation, Official Dreamcast and Official PlayStation 2.

When last-gen started and the demo discs stopped, I decreased my spending to the odd issue of EDGE and Official PlayStation every year.

I've kept about 30 issues from the 90s for memories, I'd still like to buy magazines but they create clutter now.

I'd like to go digital, but as I chose a Microsoft Surface over an iPad/Android this isn't really an option for me at the moment.

Here's some of my favourite issues:

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by Rax » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:35 pm

I used to get quite a few gaming mags, CVG, Gamesmaster, Official Nintendo Magazine, N64 Magazine, Games™ and Edge were what I used to get on a regular basis but its been quite a while since I made a point of getting a mag every month. These days I get the occasional Edge or Games™ if Im travelling but I just dont bother with magazines outside of that.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines and you
by KK » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:40 pm

I still subscribe to OPM, probably more out of habit than anything. It costs £9.99 a quarter which is nothing now the magazine is £7 at various points throughout the year.

I used to read/subscribe to T3 but that's gone to gooseberry fool again, and as I have no feeling of personal attachment to it, I stopped bothering.

Will pick up Retro Gamer if there's something that they're covering that I'm interested in (Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Super Play reboot etc).

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by jawafour » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:42 pm

I forgot about Retro Gamer; I am back into buying that although I get an off-the-shelf copy rather than subscribing.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Preezy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:49 pm

I bought the Retro Gamer issue that had the Super Play supplement, but that's the first magazine (of any genre) that I've bought in about 10 years, and it'll probably the last one I buy for another 10 years.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Pedz » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:15 pm

I have a sun to Retro Gamer. I think it's different to other mags. In that other mags are competing with online for news first, where as Retro Gamer doesn't need to do that. It is doing great articles about the past.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Trelliz » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:16 pm

I used to read N64 magazine a lot and I remember getting PC Gamer and marvelling at the double-sided cover disc and all the demos and half life 2 mods it contained. Apart from a brief stint reading Edge I haven't done so for years.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by bear » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:30 pm

I still buy Edge and PC Gamer every month, GamesTM occasionally.


I just like reading magazines and the quality of the writing is still better than most websites. I think part of that is down to restrictions on space. Because websites can effectively give a writer as much space as they want you often see pages and pages of waffle which people foolishly believe is in-depth analysis. If you need 10,000 words to present the same point a better writer could convey in 1,000 then maybe you shouldn't be writing for a living.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Photek » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:31 pm

Used to buy EDGE but haven't in several years. Eurogamer is my place for news and/or twitter.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by kerr9000 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:33 pm

I very occasionally buy retro gamer, I also occasionally visit a place that sells out of date magazines and buy from them, and I also go to a charity shop that frequently has ones that are a year or two old... I mostly read them in the toilet my dad refers to it as my ''shiterature''

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Hypes » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:05 pm

No. Used to buy Arcade and N64 Magazine most months back in the day, but now it's once in a blue moon if that

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by PuppetBoy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:25 pm

Occasionally I'll pick up Edge or Retro Gamer if the cover sells it to me or there's a particular feature that appeals, but I don't regularly buy magazines anymore.

Used to sub to N64/NGC/NGamer back in the day. :wub: I miss them.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Cumberdanes » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:36 pm

I used to buy all three official mags and two unofficial mags for SONY, Microsoft and Nintendo for years but I don't think I've bought a gaming magazine in the last five years.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by smurphy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:56 pm

I was subbed to NGC, PC Gamer and Edge at various points over the years. I finally cancelled Edge when they started putting all their stuff on the website before I even got my subscriber copy.

The last time (and first time in about 8 years) I bought a games mag was the BOTW review issue of Edge. It's still a bloody good magazine, but there's often not enough content I'm interested in to be spending £6 or whatever it costs.

I'll never understand digital magazine subscriptions. None of the benefits of having a paper copy, none of the advantages that come with a regular website.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Vermilion » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:01 pm

Hyperion wrote:No. Used to buy Arcade and N64 Magazine most months back in the day


I was a regular contributor to N64, my Game Boy Camera pics appeared quite often in their gallery section.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Drumstick » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:02 pm

Subbed to N64/NGC Mag for many years.

There isn't a dedicated Nintendo magazine anymore, so no I don't buy gaming mags. I am sometimes tempted but the price these days is enough of a deterrent.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Vermilion » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:03 pm

I once sent in an RPG Maker game i made to NGC, they featured it in their creative corner if i recall correctly.

N64/NGC was my favourite mag for many years, especially after CVG was ruined.

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PostRe: Gaming magazines - Do you still buy them and, if so, what and how?
by Victor Mildew » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:09 pm

Buy retro gamer about once a year but apart from that, no. I don't see the point in anything remotely current being in print form when you can get it up to the minute with video, for free on the internet.

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