Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The Dorling Kindersley division of Penguin Random House announced the “extremely difficult decision” to discontinue the U.S.-based imprint of Prima Games by spring 2019. Sources that have been affected by the closing have confirmed the news to EGM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 thanks internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I think I have a Resident Evil 2 Prima guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 End of an era. I had the Pokemon Blue Guide and it ended up getting torn up at some point, so I had to throw it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 This means that their guide for Anthem will be the last one ever published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: This means that their guide for Anthem will be the last one ever published. An thus should be titled :Requiem for an Anthem"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Damn. I remember going to gamestop (or EB Games or Software Etc) to get a guide for a game, or take advantage of their 10% off the guide or whatever it was when you bought it with the game. That magical time when you would get a game and then when you weren't playing it you would actually read the instruction manual or the guide. Then Guides started to get to be like $35. I can't think of any reason to get one now with the internet outside of collectors sake, but the fucking things were too damn expensive too towards the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I almost always buy the Hardcover guides for big open world games. Just got the guides for RDR 2 and Ass. Creed Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Ah fuck, now who's gonna make the obligatory 500-page Elder Scrolls 6 bible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just now, XxEvil AshxX said: Ah fuck, now who's gonna make the obligatory 500-page Elder Scrolls 6 bible? Probably Future Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I remember having their huge final fantasy tomes back in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The amount of love my Ocarina of Time guide got. Must have gone through that thing 100 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN-gunner Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Rest in Peace in Peace, Prima! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I've never used a guide and honestly have no idea how they were ever so popular. Are these fucking things the reason y'all are so OCD about finishing and 100%ing every game? I mean, I've checked a FAQ here and there if I'm utterly stuck, and I remember calling the Nintendo hotline once as a kid, but getting guides with new games? Why? Besides collector's value, I guess. I think I remember someone saying they liked the art and presentation of the good ones, which I can get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 32 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: I've never used a guide and honestly have no idea how they were ever so popular. Are these fucking things the reason y'all are so OCD about finishing and 100%ing every game? I mean, I've checked a FAQ here and there if I'm utterly stuck, and I remember calling the Nintendo hotline once as a kid, but getting guides with new games? Why? Besides collector's value, I guess. I think I remember someone saying they liked the art and presentation of the good ones, which I can get behind. Some people just like to beat games, lol. I know how you feel just had to take a jab. Never a fan of the Prime guides but as you said, the art is big but how some of the books are put together make it part of the gaming experience. For many of us that grew up with guides, they opened up so much a game many of would have never thought to explore or to think outside the box to get better. I know Street Fighter 2 guides back in the day expanded my imagination of what could be accomplished in that game which in turn opened my mind to a whole new wave of possibilities in games I played but that's a whole different story for another day. I stopped using guides over the years cause many of them were just glorified instruction manuals to take advantage of folks who didn't know any better for a cash grab but at one point some guides were necessary for some games to seriously advance. I won't miss Prima but I get the sentiment of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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