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We all buy games magazines to advise us and all of us would have read a review or part of a magazine before we buy. The problem is that there are so many though. Some are expensive as they sell demo discs and some are cheap, as they are not as good quality, so which one do you choose, wouldn’t it be good if we could view any. What would the pubic prefer game mags or free E-mags (electronic-magazines) over the Internet!
You see we live in the age of the Internet, which has only just begun. Magazine sales have fallen short and magazine websites have increased in traffic dramatically over the past two years. The Internet is always changing and who knows what will happen in the future. There maybe faster downloads, video chat, things your mind will never believe.
So what will we benefit from these mags compared to are old. Firstly I feel that PC mags would the most as you access the Internet via your PC mostly although you can with consoles now. Anyway PC owners can download demos, drivers and patches and have the magazine to read at the same time.
Console owners would suffer mostly in the first few years as the age of the internet is only just beginning on there. Players would be able to take part in tournaments, chat, view video clips and read the mag but one thing that most magazines do is a demo disc. Demo discs would be hard on an E-magazine, as you cannot download on to a console. So they may have to be sold separately.
How would these E-mags be free I hear you ask? Well they would not have to charge you as they get paid by certain companies to have banners and links to their site on the magazines. Say you wanted to buy a PC game, you have just read the review, seen the video and now you want to buy it. E-magazines would have a button to buy your game at the bottom where you would be directed to a certain games companies site to buy your game off of them. E-mags would make bucket loads of money by doing this, and if it’s a bigger company then its better for them as the mag gets paid some of the profit. Also they could add advertisements on their page where they would get paid if someone clicked on it.
In the sense of phone bills they would possibly not be free and you may have a bill five times the price of a normal mag. But the way things are going Internet providers are making the Internet free some at a low price and some even for free. If you look you can find a free one with free calls, as at the moment you are probably reading this and you phone bill is going up. So I will hurry up!
Whenever I buy my magazine it is always out of date with dated information. The E-mags would be updated nearly every day like the Special Reserve site and contain all the info you would need when you want it. I feel the Special Reserve site is the closest E-mag we have as they contain almost everything I have said, and as technology moves on it will get better and special reserve have a head start. The Special Reserve site is multi format, which would help other magazines if they went into cyber world.
So would you prefer E-mags to the traditional paper, or do you think it is better to have the original?
If they do go ahead will we be made to buy the games by uninformative reviews? E-magazines are the way to go, they are more interactive, so game mags follow Special Reserve, make an E-mag and get with it!
You see we live in the age of the Internet, which has only just begun. Magazine sales have fallen short and magazine websites have increased in traffic dramatically over the past two years. The Internet is always changing and who knows what will happen in the future. There maybe faster downloads, video chat, things your mind will never believe.
So what will we benefit from these mags compared to are old. Firstly I feel that PC mags would the most as you access the Internet via your PC mostly although you can with consoles now. Anyway PC owners can download demos, drivers and patches and have the magazine to read at the same time.
Console owners would suffer mostly in the first few years as the age of the internet is only just beginning on there. Players would be able to take part in tournaments, chat, view video clips and read the mag but one thing that most magazines do is a demo disc. Demo discs would be hard on an E-magazine, as you cannot download on to a console. So they may have to be sold separately.
How would these E-mags be free I hear you ask? Well they would not have to charge you as they get paid by certain companies to have banners and links to their site on the magazines. Say you wanted to buy a PC game, you have just read the review, seen the video and now you want to buy it. E-magazines would have a button to buy your game at the bottom where you would be directed to a certain games companies site to buy your game off of them. E-mags would make bucket loads of money by doing this, and if it’s a bigger company then its better for them as the mag gets paid some of the profit. Also they could add advertisements on their page where they would get paid if someone clicked on it.
In the sense of phone bills they would possibly not be free and you may have a bill five times the price of a normal mag. But the way things are going Internet providers are making the Internet free some at a low price and some even for free. If you look you can find a free one with free calls, as at the moment you are probably reading this and you phone bill is going up. So I will hurry up!
Whenever I buy my magazine it is always out of date with dated information. The E-mags would be updated nearly every day like the Special Reserve site and contain all the info you would need when you want it. I feel the Special Reserve site is the closest E-mag we have as they contain almost everything I have said, and as technology moves on it will get better and special reserve have a head start. The Special Reserve site is multi format, which would help other magazines if they went into cyber world.
So would you prefer E-mags to the traditional paper, or do you think it is better to have the original?
If they do go ahead will we be made to buy the games by uninformative reviews? E-magazines are the way to go, they are more interactive, so game mags follow Special Reserve, make an E-mag and get with it!
Plus you can't read and store e-magazines in the bog.
How many times have I read that feature on GTA3 now?
How many times have I read that feature on GTA3 now?
How true, Meka.
Just being me for a minute and answering a year old topic...
E-magazines haven't gone as hoped. The internet banner clicking revenues have plummetted recently, particularly in the US, where popups are now becoming more prevalent, and popups are starting to make their way over here too.
Most E-magazines that started up last year did so on the assumption that they could make a living from advertising and affiliate revenues, but now they know a lot better, so until an alternative source of web income becomes available, the glossy magazines will be here to stay.
Just being me for a minute and answering a year old topic...
E-magazines haven't gone as hoped. The internet banner clicking revenues have plummetted recently, particularly in the US, where popups are now becoming more prevalent, and popups are starting to make their way over here too.
Most E-magazines that started up last year did so on the assumption that they could make a living from advertising and affiliate revenues, but now they know a lot better, so until an alternative source of web income becomes available, the glossy magazines will be here to stay.
Hey look this is the oldest message on the FOG forum.
Is what I would havde thought when finding this at the bottom of the last page, forgetting that older messages had previously been 'popped.'
Is what I would havde thought when finding this at the bottom of the last page, forgetting that older messages had previously been 'popped.'
We all buy games magazines to advise us and all of us would have read a review or part of a magazine before we buy. The problem is that there are so many though. Some are expensive as they sell demo discs and some are cheap, as they are not as good quality, so which one do you choose, wouldn’t it be good if we could view any. What would the pubic prefer game mags or free E-mags (electronic-magazines) over the Internet!
You see we live in the age of the Internet, which has only just begun. Magazine sales have fallen short and magazine websites have increased in traffic dramatically over the past two years. The Internet is always changing and who knows what will happen in the future. There maybe faster downloads, video chat, things your mind will never believe.
So what will we benefit from these mags compared to are old. Firstly I feel that PC mags would the most as you access the Internet via your PC mostly although you can with consoles now. Anyway PC owners can download demos, drivers and patches and have the magazine to read at the same time.
Console owners would suffer mostly in the first few years as the age of the internet is only just beginning on there. Players would be able to take part in tournaments, chat, view video clips and read the mag but one thing that most magazines do is a demo disc. Demo discs would be hard on an E-magazine, as you cannot download on to a console. So they may have to be sold separately.
How would these E-mags be free I hear you ask? Well they would not have to charge you as they get paid by certain companies to have banners and links to their site on the magazines. Say you wanted to buy a PC game, you have just read the review, seen the video and now you want to buy it. E-magazines would have a button to buy your game at the bottom where you would be directed to a certain games companies site to buy your game off of them. E-mags would make bucket loads of money by doing this, and if it’s a bigger company then its better for them as the mag gets paid some of the profit. Also they could add advertisements on their page where they would get paid if someone clicked on it.
In the sense of phone bills they would possibly not be free and you may have a bill five times the price of a normal mag. But the way things are going Internet providers are making the Internet free some at a low price and some even for free. If you look you can find a free one with free calls, as at the moment you are probably reading this and you phone bill is going up. So I will hurry up!
Whenever I buy my magazine it is always out of date with dated information. The E-mags would be updated nearly every day like the Special Reserve site and contain all the info you would need when you want it. I feel the Special Reserve site is the closest E-mag we have as they contain almost everything I have said, and as technology moves on it will get better and special reserve have a head start. The Special Reserve site is multi format, which would help other magazines if they went into cyber world.
So would you prefer E-mags to the traditional paper, or do you think it is better to have the original?
If they do go ahead will we be made to buy the games by uninformative reviews? E-magazines are the way to go, they are more interactive, so game mags follow Special Reserve, make an E-mag and get with it!
You see we live in the age of the Internet, which has only just begun. Magazine sales have fallen short and magazine websites have increased in traffic dramatically over the past two years. The Internet is always changing and who knows what will happen in the future. There maybe faster downloads, video chat, things your mind will never believe.
So what will we benefit from these mags compared to are old. Firstly I feel that PC mags would the most as you access the Internet via your PC mostly although you can with consoles now. Anyway PC owners can download demos, drivers and patches and have the magazine to read at the same time.
Console owners would suffer mostly in the first few years as the age of the internet is only just beginning on there. Players would be able to take part in tournaments, chat, view video clips and read the mag but one thing that most magazines do is a demo disc. Demo discs would be hard on an E-magazine, as you cannot download on to a console. So they may have to be sold separately.
How would these E-mags be free I hear you ask? Well they would not have to charge you as they get paid by certain companies to have banners and links to their site on the magazines. Say you wanted to buy a PC game, you have just read the review, seen the video and now you want to buy it. E-magazines would have a button to buy your game at the bottom where you would be directed to a certain games companies site to buy your game off of them. E-mags would make bucket loads of money by doing this, and if it’s a bigger company then its better for them as the mag gets paid some of the profit. Also they could add advertisements on their page where they would get paid if someone clicked on it.
In the sense of phone bills they would possibly not be free and you may have a bill five times the price of a normal mag. But the way things are going Internet providers are making the Internet free some at a low price and some even for free. If you look you can find a free one with free calls, as at the moment you are probably reading this and you phone bill is going up. So I will hurry up!
Whenever I buy my magazine it is always out of date with dated information. The E-mags would be updated nearly every day like the Special Reserve site and contain all the info you would need when you want it. I feel the Special Reserve site is the closest E-mag we have as they contain almost everything I have said, and as technology moves on it will get better and special reserve have a head start. The Special Reserve site is multi format, which would help other magazines if they went into cyber world.
So would you prefer E-mags to the traditional paper, or do you think it is better to have the original?
If they do go ahead will we be made to buy the games by uninformative reviews? E-magazines are the way to go, they are more interactive, so game mags follow Special Reserve, make an E-mag and get with it!