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[Black Door]

On one hand, and as someone who used to drop $70 on magazines from newsstands in his youth, it is saddening to see yet another long-running publication dry up and blow away in the wind. On the other hand, print is dead and given how easy it is to get information off the internet, I'm not going to miss the relative slow crawl of news from print sources

 

[firehawk12]

Wait, so Ryan posted this link: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-28-future-publishing-cuts-us-staff-by-a-third

So OXM UK is just being pushed to all subscribers... I wonder if that means PC Gamer US is done as well?

 

[Ape]

Wait, so Ryan posted this link: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-28-future-publishing-cuts-us-staff-by-a-third

So OXM UK is just being pushed to all subscribers... I wonder if that means PC Gamer US is done as well?

Oh. Shit.

 

[DR3AM]

last 1 i bought was the one with the final fantasy demo for the 360.

 

[BeardyChan]

So what happens to my digital subscription I just got last month?

 

[firehawk12]

So what happens to my digital subscription I just got last month?

I assume that moves to OXM UK as well?

Oh. Shit.

Yeah, it seems crazy.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

people lost their jobs, YAY!!!!

He just saw xbox and got excited.

 

[1337]

If you think NeoGAF has the same level of quality content that an editorialized magazine has you're gona have a bad tiiiime. lol.

Some posts and topics offer a lot more quality than you can find in any magazine. Some posts really feel like features and collumns.

A lot of content in magazines feels dated and unbalanced. If you would only read one magazine and trust them completely instead of using gamerankings or metacritic, you will also miss a lot of gems.

 

[Elija2]

So OXM is shutting down but OXM UK lives on? That's weird, isn't Xbox much less popular in the UK than it is in North America? Or is print media just more popular there so they can still sustain themselves?

 

[mrets123]

I was thinking about buying a uk magazine (PC) today just for the disk content.

 

[beercr8te]

Back when the first Xbox came out and I was super excited I loved that magazine but eventually realized that all these "Official" magazines are just corporate mouthpieces and then the internet got big and you don't need magazines anymore.

That pretty much sums up my thinking too.

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

Well it was only a matter of time before this was going to happen, with gaming sites, youtube channels, blogs, social media sites all giving you all types of info instantly.

The only thing I see keeping some of them in business is the exclusive stuff not seen on any site.

 

[Havoc2049]

I still have the first full year of OXM with all the discs, along with the E3 preview issue. I've been reading Francesca Reyes' work since she wrote for Official Dreamcast Magazine. Hopefully she will end up somewhere on the net writing about video games.

Much enjoyment from reading these issues...an exciting time to be a gamer.

 

[Hockeymac18]

Not a great time to be a magazine dedicated to Xbox, the future prospects are particularly not encouraging.

Was this comment really necessary?...

On topic, OXM was one of my favorite magazines when I was younger (especially after the official Dreamcast mag ceased to exist). Really liked the demos on disc. And they seemed to always have great content and exclusive previews. Sad to see them go, hope all land on their feet.

 

[firehawk12]

So I guess this is the last issue? Maybe they'll be able to say their farewells in the first UK issue that takes over here.

 

[sparkeysam]

I wasn't aware it was still around, can't remember the last time I brought a magazine.

 

[Speevy]

I always loved the little demo discs for the original Xbox.

 

[rocketskates]

Read this mag on occasion, but once again, RIP to yet another victim of print media :/

 

[pelican]

Apart from EDGE, and Games TM there are no magazines worth buying here in the UK.

I guess the only really viable magazine in the US is Game Informer due to being owned and financed by Game Stop.

 

[cyberheater]

I'm not surprised. I used to spend £50 a month on magazines. Now I don't spend a penny. GAF get's all the news I need.

 

[onken]

Well that sucks.

Think a neutral gaming website would be skeptical of hiring anyone that wrote for Official Xbox Magazine.

I think Rich Leadbetter used to work for one of the official Sega magazines before they got killed off. Needless to say, the quality of his Sony reporting wasn't affected in any way.

 

[Droopaloop]

I'm LTTP but;

I always loved the little demo discs for the original Xbox.

Long live demo discs. I used to go to the magazine racks just to see if there were any new solid demos coming out. Too bad.

 

[Droopaloop]

Sorry, double post.

 

[RulkezX]

I'm not surprised. I used to spend £50 a month on magazines. Now I don't spend a penny. GAF get's all the news I need.

QFT.

I stopped even reading gaming sites after joining GAF.

Used to love PC Gamer UK back in the day.

 

[BritBloke916]

QFT.

I stopped even reading gaming sites after joining GAF.

Used to love PC Gamer UK back in the day.

Me too. Gaming websites make magazines unnecessary (at least for news and reviews), but GAF similarly makes the existence of other gaming websites a moot point. That said, I never miss a Bombcast!