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We'll miss you: Official PlayStation Magazine discontinued |
Listed in: News Tags: Official PlayStation Magazine, OPM, Scott McCarthy, Sony, Ziff Davis
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It's times like these that make game bloggers and journalists like myself cry. Mostly, it's because magazines are the format that brought the love of gaming to the forefront of many gamers' hearts. That is why it saddens me to say that the US version of "Official PlayStation Magazine" will be printing its final issue in January 2007.According to a statement by Ziff Davis, its American publisher, it seems the magazine doesn't fit the strategic vision of the company. Known by many readers to be the magazine that always has a demo disc of goodies inside, the PlayStation 3's online capabilities have apparently made the idea of demo discs obsolete.
Scott McCarthy, President of the Ziff Davis Game Group, explained the effect of the PS3's online capabilities on the market. "With this next generation of game consoles," he said, "the days of having to bundle a disc with a magazine to distribute games-related content are over. And the disc has clearly been a major driver for consumer interest in premium-priced, platform-specific magazines in the past, when the magazine disc was the only way gamers could get such content."
We're all going to miss the American "Official PlayStation Magazine". Hopefully, it's charm and words might still live on through the PS3, as the Ziff Davis Game Group is going to work with Sony to bring original content specifically for the PS3. Whether that means we'll see a PS3 version of the OPM remains to be seen, but it's a nice thought nevertheless.
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o well. time to move on.
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***** DIE SONY!
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Shame...:(
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never bought the thing just stole the disc a lot.
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learn ur facts b4 you cuss someone who doesnt have anything to do with the magazine.
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i guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, magazines are becoming obsolete nowadays.
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Like an online PS3 magazine subscription thing, for bonus material
People can still buy it at a price off the Sony marketplace or something, or whatever 3rd party system they may establish. but it would be sold individually instead of all as a whole bonus set to the subscription cost.
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but i do miss the demo discs i got with sOPM :(
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The magazine was great, I just loved reading it and getting the demos, but I can live without the demos...
Its so nice to see brilliantly printed images of games yet to come out for the playstation. Seriously, just remove the Demo Disc!!!!!!
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I won't.
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not EVERYONE has online connection!
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However, it hasn't stopped publishers in the UK printing games review magazines, simply because they realise that its not all about the demos. People still like to read interesting and informative articles, and I personally like to keep my mags, so I can return to them whenever I like if I fancy a quick read, or need to check a review of a game I might have seen.
Also, despite the fact that all of the consoles are going to be able to hook up to the internet, not everyone will -
1/ Have a broadband connection
2/ Want to read online reviews
3/ Want to spend hours on end downloading demos that may well be a waste of time and effort.
I'm speaking from a UK point of view of course, but I'd have thought the same would probably apply to US playstation owners...
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Back on OPM, Think about it you paid 10 bucks for the demo disks, face it the mag sucked. Yet they still sell "jampacks", remember those. they have better demo's and are like 6 bucks, just buy those if you want demos. And then get a subscription to Game Informer, problem solved. Let's hope
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Well there goes my demos (except for PSP demos)
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I'm sure the disk costs lots of money - but we're you charging like $10 for the magazine anyway? Maybe Sony took lots of the cash.
Who knows...bunch of bird brains at Ziff Davis...you've killed a great magazine. What's next?
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but guess thats the point to make you buy the game
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Sony is still a good and thriving company though.
Dont forget sony also makes tvs(I own a sony wega) dvd players, new disc and formats (they made betamax and blu ray) and many other things.
I kind of do aggree ps is dying
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