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We'll miss you: Official PlayStation Magazine discontinued

Posted Nov 14, 2006 at 11:36AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: Official PlayStation Magazine, OPM, Scott McCarthy, Sony, Ziff Davis

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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What I don't get is why they could not figure out a way to work with it and produce an online magazine to subscribe to, that people can download stuff to their ps3 as bonus material.

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.

# opm — Guest 2006-11-14 22:50

this is stupid move, i dont understand that.in UK there is opm2uk and today you can buy the first issue of brand new OPMUK:)

# sweden — Sp4x 2006-11-15 01:22

the OPmagazine in sweden stopped years ago =/ then I was sad.. but now, we have a FREE Gaming magazine that kicks ass, covering all current consoles ;)

but i do miss the demo discs i got with sOPM :(

# No Way! — Pacos 2006-11-15 02:21

Just don't include the Demo Disc!!!!!!

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!!!!!!

# . — FLai 2006-11-15 03:35

"We'll Miss You"?

I won't.

# wow — Guest 2006-11-15 04:43

OXM stayed around with demo discs when xblm featured demos...

not EVERYONE has online connection!

# OPM — Guest 2006-11-15 07:45

Same here - I also read games mags a lot, although I tend to concentrate on PC mags. With this in mind, I would say that PC owners have been able to download the demos available on that system for years.

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...

# tod — Guest 2006-11-15 08:19

Tod you are a stupid *****whore, 360 is michael Jackson and Wii is the entire"Queer eye for the straight guy" cast! You buy your s.hitty as.s Wii or 360 and suckoff MJ bi.tch

# tod — Guest 2006-11-15 08:21

Suck ba.lls B.itch! you co.ckwhore blow MJ F.UKUH

# Great News — Guest 2006-11-15 10:38

This is great news. One less biased magizine out there. I've been accused of being a fanboy, but I know better to trust a magizine that's "official". They can't give balanced reviews, and they don't. OPM rated games by how much they thought they would sale. Just like when the "official" XBOx magizine said there was really no need for backwards compatibility, that's because they knew it would be half-assed and tryed to convince you you didn't need it. That should be the next magizine canned.

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

# pfft no it didn't — Guest 2006-11-15 10:52

I loved OPM for it's demos. I can see why they would leave. Sadly I have dial up and wont be able to go online with any next gen console. +(

Well there goes my demos (except for PSP demos)

# :( — Guest 2006-11-15 11:49

i like opm i got my killzone liberation psp demo from them

# ? — Guest 2006-11-15 12:19

Ziff Davis is for sale - and they don't have their heads screwed on right. So you dum asses - stop putting the disk in the mag and see what happens? Drop the price to $5.99 and see what kind of % of sales you get on the newsstand. Duh!

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?

# demos are gay — Guest 2006-11-15 13:32

you play em you get in to them then then stop..............

but guess thats the point to make you buy the game

# I aggree screw the demos — Guest 2006-11-15 15:20

I have a bunch of the disks I never took out of the pack.

# Playstation is dying — Guest 2006-11-15 15:26

I agree about that

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

# ok i admit it — Guest 2006-11-15 16:13

i am a r3tard... someone shoot me!

# hmmm — Guest 2006-11-15 16:18

Well, rest in peace OPM! I think Sony should transforming its official PS3 site into a fully featured online magazine. So instead of just brief info and trailers/screens, they should have proper editors to regularly publish articles, reviews, interviews, exclusive info, demo content, virtual goodies - everything ONLINE! This is the future, and thank me for the greatest idea :)

# Surprise — Guest 2006-11-15 16:43

Any great surprise that a company recently forming a publishing 'alliance' with MS (Ziff Davis that is).. suddenly drops its PSM? welcome to the corporate world ppl...

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