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Why do you think Video Game magazines are still around?
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posted06/28/2004 11:43 PM (UTC)by
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Garlador
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I mean, with IGN, Gamespot, and many other online sources available, aren't those magazines obsolete? All the information contained in them can be readily found on the net... for free. You just don't get free posters or a bonus demo DVD every now and then... Tips can be found anywhere, previous are always up-to-the-minute online, screenshots are mandatory on game sites,... even interviews and such aren't hard to find. So... why do these magazines even exist? (and I'm not bashing GamePro or EGM or anything... I actually buy them occassionally...) Fatality.
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MKSECRETS
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 •06/28/2004 05:46 AM (UTC) •
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Several reasons, Garlie:

-Not everybody has 'net access

-Having the info/pics at your disposal is better/more convenient than having to load up the computer, log onto a site, etc..

-I'm a subscriber to one of 'em. They would go out of business if I didn't pay 'em.
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Garlador
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 •06/28/2004 05:52 AM (UTC) •
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Yeah, but are they really THAT much more readily available than net access? Sure, uploading pics and interviews and page after page takes time, but you can see what YOU want, rather than paying a hefty load for a two page section on your favorite game in a 180 page mag. Fatality.
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 •06/28/2004 07:38 AM (UTC) •
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Because people use them, and they provide a service. If it became unprofitable, they wouldn't exist.

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 •06/28/2004 05:52 PM (UTC) •
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-Exclusives. Such as the new GTA:SA info in the new PSM. That info is nowhere on the net. Well maybe now. Or Gamepro already has their cover story for October and screens and art.*It's DragonballZ B3

-demos and freebies(NP got free FSA stickers this month)

-interviews(GI interviewed celebs in gaming and put it in thier magazines and not on the net.)

-pictures and prieviews right there on paper

-not everybody can log on the net

It's the little things.
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 •06/28/2004 07:45 PM (UTC) •
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1.not everyone has the net
2. They find out the new stuff on new games
3. rating games
4. info on e3
5.And they also have numbers if you need repairs on your old school consoles.
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malebolgia
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 •06/28/2004 07:47 PM (UTC) •
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Reading is still, and always will be, faster than dial-up.
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jadekombat
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 •06/28/2004 07:48 PM (UTC) •
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and people like to collect them and u dont always have to connect to the internet. You just have to look it up in a mag real fast plus they sometimes give ya posters and demom discs like OXM and EGM
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Raining_Smoke
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 •06/28/2004 08:03 PM (UTC) •
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I just got my OPM in the mail today with the monthly demo disc (main reason for being a subscriber) and Im about to play World Tour Soccer 2005....doubt its better than Winning Eleven 7 though.
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Olympic_Hero
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 •06/28/2004 08:15 PM (UTC) •
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I just read them off the newstands now. My magazine buying days are over.
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Cyborg_wolf
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 •06/28/2004 11:26 PM (UTC) •
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I gess it's mostly the feel of a magazine, something you read where you want to, the texture of paper, exclusives, these kind of things.
And not everyone can, or wants to log on to the internet.
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MKSECRETS
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 •06/28/2004 11:43 PM (UTC) •
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Raining_Smoke Wrote:
I just got my OPM in the mail today with the monthly demo disc (main reason for being a subscriber) and Im about to play World Tour Soccer 2005....doubt its better than Winning Eleven 7 though.


If that's the 989 (Sony) soccer game, then it's crap. Not crap compared to WE7, just crap.
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