Future Publishing experiences increase in gaming mag sales

And PCZone and PC Format in the UK.

I never understood that. They run three competing magazines here.

I'm going to keep renewing my IP address so I can +1 this more than once. Good idea.

While you can bring your notebook or smartphone to the loo, chances are you will never want to use it again afterwords. That $200-2500 piece of technology will be wasted.

That recyclable periodical on the other hand, can be disposed of at any time with little monetary loss. Given its disposable nature, it is much more likely you will be comfortable relegating it to bathroom reading for the x amount of weeks it holds your interest.

I'm not one to read on the crapper, but I see your point.

Although surely 'Bathroom Satisfaction' can't be on the publisher's targets/KPIs...can it?

...but you can get all the information in that mag - and much, much more - on the internet for free!

The only reason I used to get mags was for demo discs, but the Marketplace/PSN caters for that now.

True, but don't underestimate the bathroom factor. Gotta have something to read on the pot. Demo discs are a strong reason for sales too, I'm sure.

I said PC mag, I meant PC Gamer.

Well it changed on my profile but not on my posts...wtf....

Crappy posting system.

Thanks for the input Rupert Murdoch. Maybe some of us want dissenting views and opinions.

Plus some of us actually prefer paper to sitting at our PCs. Hell I could read the gaming news on my cell phone (T-Mobile Wing) or on my computer, or my bedroom computer or the PS3 in my living room, or the Wii in my living room, or the PS3 in my bedroom. Or on my brother's POS laptop floating around the house, but I still prefer to grab a copy of EGM and page through it (usually while watching TV or a Movie). Sadly that is no longer an option.

btw as much as I liked EGM the 1up network sucks balls, so does UGO.

Well its not about what YOU like is it, if it was about what YOU liked, they wouldn't have stopped publishing due to lack of sales, I'm not making an opinion, I'm stating the facts, whether or not I like the mags or not, they have stopped being published because of the sales. Simple as.

You can tell me about how much you like flicking through each page with a smile on your face, but unless you are buying a million + of each issue to keep the magazine being published, they WILL stop publishing.

The fact of the matter is that there is simply not that much need for so many game mags any more, I used to buy game mags, but when I can get the same info on Joystiq, PLUS add my own opinions and talk to others, it made perfect sense to stop spending £3+ on a mag and instead use that cash to pick up other things in the news agent or shop. The internet is supplying most of what gamers need, the same reporters and publishers with any sense have switched over to the net to report news and talk to fans as its more direct, more accessible and in my opinion, more fun.

probably because they're used to bashing sony for qore