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"Magazine Wars!"

Which magazine would you buy and which one would you run a way from?

Think of all the magazines there are. Loads and loads. About 5 for all the different formats. Especially for Playstation. Playstation Max, Official PS Mag and many more. Hopefully thinking that they can make a profit from the millions of Sony fans out there. Playstation 2 also has 2 or 3 mags including Official PS2 Mag and PsX and PS2 (a mix of both formats). I collect OPS2 Mag because it offers a demo with every issue. I think that this is the best mag made.

Now i have noticed, when i had an N64 i used to collect a variety of magazines. Some stayed for a feew months and then went bust. But 2 stand out mong the rest. Nintendo Official Magazine (which i don't really like) and N64 Mag (which will be changed to NGC Magazine next issue). They are different in many ways. N64 is funny and more about Nintendo while NOM is sort of babyish, heavily into Pokemon with lots of pictures of games. NOM also brags about being the best a lot when clearly it isn't.

Sega have had a fair few amount of magazines too. They have had Mega Mag, Sega Saturn Official Mag and now DC mag has gone bust they don't really have any more. I used to have a Sega Mega Drive and have some issues of some of these mags. But now Sega is almost dead I am sending a message to Sega about how good they were back then.

Microsoft have now joined the console wars and will be producing special X-Box mags in the near future i would say. They already have loads of PC mags but they don't really have much on games. But we can expect X-Box Mags to be hitting the shops soon after the US release.

Also there are some neutral magazines like Games Master and Games Mag Ltd. These focus on all consoles but are usually big supporters of Sony. I have noticed thta GM have become interested in Ninty with all the GC stuff recently but i have always known them to be big Sony fans. They don't really care much about the X-Box but do many people really anyway.

So anyway. Now to the big question. What is your favourite magazine and what format is it on?

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magazine's just as good.

Official UK PlayStation 2 magazine is THE best PS2 mag, fact - I've tried them all.

Oh and PSW (Playstation World) good mag, great DVD freebie!!

I really miss reading the Official DC mag - That was probably the best one out!!

I find now that the Official PS2, PSM2 and GamesMaster magazines are always good reads. Computer and Video Games has improved quite a lot and I will start to get the former N64 mag, now the NGC from now on!! Comes with a free GC video apparantley!!

N64mag in a transition to NGC mag????
Where did you hear this one from?
It sounds like good news.
I wish they had done this with Super Play(Making a transition to N64 rather than killing off the mag)

I like NOM

*Enters the 'brace' position*

*smiles knowingly*

The official PS2 Mag is a very good bog read, and very good from a designy point of view. It's towards what I aspire.

i used to buy PSM2 then they bumped up the price for the crappy "free"DVD

the only mag i buy now is DVD Review thats a great mag good value for money too

well i suppose that is coz sony r easy to develop for and will have the most games makewrs on their side.