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Amazon: 1 year subs to gaming mags for $5
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Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Subbed to OXM. $5 why not...
OgTheClever
Member
Surely the basic cost of materials and printing the magazines is more than that? How are the publishers (or Amazon) not losing money from this?
AceBandage
Banned
Picked up a Sub to Nintendo Power.
Awesome.
Just in time for E3!
Awesome.
Just in time for E3!
Lead Farmer
Member
GMUNYIFan said:
I want to know this as well...
A Black Falcon
Member
NIN90 said:
PC Gamer used to be $30, back in the '90s when it was still great, but the quality of gaming magazines in general declined as the internet rose, and the magazine suffered... I doubt it will ever be as great again as it was in the late '90s, sadly. I subscribed from early '97 to early '01, but stopped then because the magazine wasn't as good anymore, the CD wasn't as important with faster internet, and one CD was far too small for holding many demos. I told myself I'd re-subscribe if it improved again or at least switched over to DVD demodiscs, but they still haven't done that, sadly, making the disc more irrelevant than ever. Perhaps they can't afford to at the price they're charging, but still, it's sad. Today's PC Gamer is a shadow of its former self... the magazines are thin, not hundreds of pages thick as they once were, with much less content. They even dropped the columns a year or two ago!
I think that PCG does have DVDs with the newsstand version some of the time, but it's not an option for subscriptions or something. Way to support your more loyal customers.
... I resubscribed with this deal anyway (PCG and Nintendo Power), because it was so cheap, but I've read a few issues of it here and there over the years. It's alright, better than the nothing that is its competition now (it's essentially the only US PC gaming magazine left), but it used to be so much better...
But anyway, you get a whole lot more for your money with those European magazines, right? Some of them come with like a DVD or two of stuff with every issue, instead of a single CD, for instance?
Oh, as for Nintendo Power, I did subscribe for two years in the mid '90s, but mostly I didn't because my town's library subscribed to it (the only gaming mazine they subscribed to long term, and one they still get) so I'd just borrow it there. I haven't read it nearly as much in recent years, but the ones I have read still seem to be decent, not changing as much as I'd feared post-Future switch, so I won't mind having another subscription to it for sure.
Grady Durden
Member
Gracias, good looking out.
Neuromancer
Member
OXM is an awful magazine. Just putting it out there. Their 'demo disc' is pure garbage, you almost never get anything exclusive (used to be you got some demos early, free premium themes, and some free ingame content like GRAW maps. Not any more.)
They do get some good exclusive previews every once in a blue moon, that's the only good thing.
They do get some good exclusive previews every once in a blue moon, that's the only good thing.
Grady Durden
Member
Neuromancer said:
It's worth $5 for a year though.
MomoPufflet
Member
I got Nintendo Power. Will be nice to have for 3DS pre-release stuff, I guess.
AceBandage
Banned
MomoPufflet said:
The after E3, Zelda, Metroid and 3DS stuff is well worth $5.
Especially considering how they've been getting some good exclusives lately.
Callo Merlose
Banned
Awesome, got three subs and I can't believe I'm getting so many issues for the price of 3. Thankies for the heads up.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Thank so much OP. PC gamer will be really nice seeing as my new rig I build later this year will need games.
MomoPufflet
Member
zoku88 said:
Apparently the subscriptions don't start until mid-July at the earliest, so you should have plenty of time to tweak your address.
Broseybrose
Member
Funny, i was at the bookstore today and picked up the new EGM, Gamepro, and OPM (never read OPM) - these are the first gaming mags ive bought since i subscribed to GFW.
Im halfway through the new EGM and it really is a lot better than i remember it being. And now I have scripts for OPM and PC Gamer. Thanks for posting the deal, OP.
I do wish Amazon was offering EGM and Gamepro, but those arent Future rags.
Im halfway through the new EGM and it really is a lot better than i remember it being. And now I have scripts for OPM and PC Gamer. Thanks for posting the deal, OP.
I do wish Amazon was offering EGM and Gamepro, but those arent Future rags.
Wow, what a deal. I placed an order.
Even in this age of metacritics and blogs and Neogafs, I still enjoy reading a gaming mag every now and, like when I'm in bed or having a BM.
I have DS but no Wii so skipped the Nintendo mag, I have a PS3 but no PSP so I skipped the Playstation mag so I ended up going with the 360 since at least it's all relevant to the systems I own. I don't have much to lose @ 5 bucks either way, thanks OP>
Also, just for fun I changed my name on the shipping address to "Dickbutt".
Even in this age of metacritics and blogs and Neogafs, I still enjoy reading a gaming mag every now and, like when I'm in bed or having a BM.
I have DS but no Wii so skipped the Nintendo mag, I have a PS3 but no PSP so I skipped the Playstation mag so I ended up going with the 360 since at least it's all relevant to the systems I own. I don't have much to lose @ 5 bucks either way, thanks OP>
Also, just for fun I changed my name on the shipping address to "Dickbutt".
Alex Anderson
Member
Got... OXM+disc, N. Power, crappy PS mag.
Aaaand they applied towards free super saver shipping $25+, so I went ahead and got $10.99 Glory of Heracles that comes with a $10 video game credit (and $5 MP3 credit if you haven't already done that offer)
Aaaand they applied towards free super saver shipping $25+, so I went ahead and got $10.99 Glory of Heracles that comes with a $10 video game credit (and $5 MP3 credit if you haven't already done that offer)
sweetvar26
Member
As long as you have an American shipping address for now, you order it and then once the order gets processed, contact the magazine company and change your address to where ever you live.
This works for Canada. Not sure about the rest of the world.
This works for Canada. Not sure about the rest of the world.
DryvBy
Member
Lothars said:
America rules.
I got the PC Gamer magazine. I quit reading for a while because it seemed like all they were doing was defending any measures a company takes if it meant the game was somewhat good. The last issue I read was an article saying, "Who cares that Valve promised you something [free weapons/maps DLC for a long time, before L4D2 was announced] and didn't do it!". That kind of stupidity in the gaming community burns me up.
That, and they said Crysis wasn't linear in their review. (...which it was very much so...)
EternalGamer
Banned
I was thinking about why Future would do this. Could it be that now that they have competition with real writing and column/feature based material in Gamepro and the new EGM that they are trying to run their competitors out of business by soaking up all the advertising?
If so, shitty move. I subscribed to these, but I also subscribe to EGM (and really need to subscribe to Gamepro). I hope other people don't use these as a substitute for subscribing to the good gaming magazines (and yes, there are some now). We finally have mature, interesting gaming magazines that have escaped the empty preview hype/review cycle and try to focus on more thought provoking timeless articles rather than up to the minute news. Twenty bucks a year for one of these good magazines provides alot more good reading than all four of these Future magazines combined.
If so, shitty move. I subscribed to these, but I also subscribe to EGM (and really need to subscribe to Gamepro). I hope other people don't use these as a substitute for subscribing to the good gaming magazines (and yes, there are some now). We finally have mature, interesting gaming magazines that have escaped the empty preview hype/review cycle and try to focus on more thought provoking timeless articles rather than up to the minute news. Twenty bucks a year for one of these good magazines provides alot more good reading than all four of these Future magazines combined.
Christopher
Member
Nintendo Power done and done for my little guy/girl coming and plus they always have interesting reads on the can
GK86 said:
Not some, ALL. I remember when I let my Maxim sub expire and they continued to send it to me for 3 years. The publishers can't let their physical magazines dip below a certain amount or the advertisers will pay less. A sale like this one is simply to drive up the number of subscribers, not make money. The five bucks is to ensure that the magazines are sold to people who will actually read them.