ort Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Yeah, that price is off. Would make me leery... Printing and mailing a magazine alone costs way more what they are charging. There is no way they are making it back with ads and then also paying a staff of writers and designers? It just doesn't ad up. That said, I do miss the age of magazines. I remember as a kid knowing when the new EGm was supposed to arrive and waiting by the mailbox for it to arrive.... and how annoying it was when it didn't... a very different era. It's kind of crazy to think about how slowly information travelled back then compared to now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I mentioned this in the past in a different thread but I had a subscription to Elle magazine though Amazon it was a year's worth for $10. That was back in 2014, so this subscription for game informer is high compared to that. @legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: I mentioned this in the past in a different thread but I had a subscription to Elle magazine though Amazon it was a year's worth for $10. That was back in 2014, so this subscription for game informer is high compared to that. @legend It doesn't matter if this price is "high" relative to other low quality items if it's still too cheap to make sufficiently high quality physical artifacts. Let me try and put this another way: if all you try and do is replicate the quality of physical media that already lost to online media, you're going to lose, because we already know that lost. You're going to have to do something really special that only physical can do if you hope to succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 5 minutes ago, legend said: It doesn't matter if this price is "high" relative to other low quality items if it's still too cheap to make sufficiently high quality physical artifacts. Let me try and put this another way: if all you try and do is replicate the quality of physical media that already lost to online media, you're going to lose, because we already know that lost. You're going to have to do something really special that only physical can do if you hope to succeed. It's a magazine man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 2 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: It's a magazine man. That attitude is precisely why I'm skeptical things will work better this time! Don't be so small minded! Or go ahead, and suffer the same fate we've seen over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 9 hours ago, legend said: That attitude is precisely why I'm skeptical things will work better this time! Don't be so small minded! Or go ahead, and suffer the same fate we've seen over and over. I don't know what you're getting at but I have a handful of magazines lying around from the late '90s early '00s and they are just like they were brand new. You don't have to do anything special to magazines to prolong their life, they're a magazine, they last a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 40 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: I don't know what you're getting at but I have a handful of magazines lying around from the late '90s early '00s and they are just like they were brand new. You don't have to do anything special to magazines to prolong their life, they're a magazine, they last a long time. I'm not talking about making the magazine last a long time, I'm talking about increasing the quality, art, etc. so that it has inherent value in itself and not just as a medium to deliver content. As an analogy, consider going from a basic paper book to a hardcover with fore edge painting Whereas I (and most people) don't care all that much about a paper back, that kind of book is much more valuable because it has inherent artistic value that you can't get from a paperback or e-book. I'm not saying a gaming magazine needs to go that far, but I think if they want a chance at being successful they need to go beyond what gaming magazines have been and make a strong case with value you can only get from a physical medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I’m going to order this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitgod Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 TIL, GI wasn't already dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted Saturday at 08:19 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:19 AM Received my first issue today and already enjoyed spending 30 minutes flipping through it. Definitely was worth the $2 per issue! Thanks for passing this along, @Commissar SFLUFAN! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM 21 minutes ago, Nokra said: Received my first issue today and already enjoyed spending 30 minutes flipping through it. Definitely was worth the $2 per issue! Thanks for passing this along, @Commissar SFLUFAN! That's a pretty long dump! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted Saturday at 11:08 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:08 AM 2 hours ago, Nokra said: Received my first issue today and already enjoyed spending 30 minutes flipping through it. Definitely was worth the $2 per issue! Thanks for passing this along, @Commissar SFLUFAN! Is the magazine quality? Are the pages glossy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted Sunday at 03:33 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:33 AM 16 hours ago, Biggie said: Is the magazine quality? Are the pages glossy? From what I've seen, yeah the contents are quality. I wouldn't say the pages are glossy, no, but they're nicely printed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted Sunday at 10:54 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:54 PM I was going to ask if anyone has received it yet. Nothing here yet. Sounds like it will be soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.