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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #100 on: January 11, 2009, 07:20:04 PM »
I'd toss Time, Discover, and NatGeo into that "mainstream" category that I mentioned.  But stuff catering to techie niches is going to be all web.
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« Reply #101 on: January 12, 2009, 05:31:13 AM »
Yeah, it depends a bit on the target market anyway. Gamers are likely to be online while NatGeo readers aren't so likely to use online heavily (because in part they'll want to access the information when they aren't in front of the computer). Gamers also want information on things fast (like reviews) and that just doesn't work well with a monthly schedule (either you get a preview build very early or you're going to be weeks late, a website that pisses a publisher off can at least buy its games retail).
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #102 on: January 12, 2009, 11:49:40 PM »
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #103 on: January 13, 2009, 02:38:01 PM »
Anyone here like Edge?  Thats the only mag I bother to read these days, that is, when I'm at a Borders, b/c the damn things is so expensive!  But yeah, their features are actually very well written and quite in depth.  On top of that, there is so much content in each issue, you're bound to find something interesting.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #104 on: January 13, 2009, 03:41:30 PM »
EDGE?!?! They are the moneyhat magazine they only give good reviews if the publisher gives them a generous tip. When a magazine gives Sonic The Hedgehog(2006) a 9.0 and Golden Axe (PS3/360) a 9.5 while they take a crap on good games you know there's something seriously wrong. The only reason that magazine is expensive is because they don't put ads in the magazine and the size of the magazine is fairly big.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #105 on: January 13, 2009, 05:15:51 PM »
Edge is listed as giving Sonic '06 a score of 3/10 on GameRankings, are you sure that number is accurate? Then again the listed one is marked UK, I thiink I heard something about the UK version being the only one that's reputable. Can't find an entry for Golden Axe: Beast Rider at all.
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« Reply #106 on: January 13, 2009, 06:18:51 PM »
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Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on January 13, 2009, 03:41:30 PM
EDGE?!?! They are the moneyhat magazine they only give good reviews if the publisher gives them a generous tip. When a magazine gives Sonic The Hedgehog(2006) a 9.0 and Golden Axe (PS3/360) a 9.5 while they take a crap on good games you know there's something seriously wrong. The only reason that magazine is expensive is because they don't put ads in the magazine and the size of the magazine is fairly big.

I'm not sure if those numbers are accurate, but I've always found Edge to be overtly critical of all games (at least the reviews I come across).  And this is one reason I like Edge, because they're cranky like I am.  I figure if they like it, I may as well give it a shot.    8)

Plus, they are the mother of the late and great Next Generation, the best video game mag EVA!!

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« Reply #107 on: January 13, 2009, 06:48:23 PM »
Oops my bad that was play magazine that I was thinking about with those reviews. But some a lot of the edge reviews are horrid.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #108 on: January 17, 2009, 02:38:45 AM »
http://gonintendo.com/?p=69410#more-69410
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« Reply #109 on: January 17, 2009, 04:51:47 AM »
God I loved Next-Gen. They were such a great magazine that I even forgave them for their slight trend away from Nintendo (nowhere near as bad as today's N-hate though) and I even forgave them for giving Conker's Bad Fur Day 3 stars.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #110 on: January 17, 2009, 10:18:14 AM »
Game Players was the best magazine ever, why lie?

(Ironically enough, the editor of the current Nintendo Power, Chris Slate, was the editor of Game Players as well...)
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« Reply #111 on: January 17, 2009, 01:12:14 PM »
Quote from: Maxi on January 17, 2009, 02:38:45 AM
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #112 on: January 17, 2009, 05:12:19 PM »
He alluded to already having a new job lined up before the layoffs hit in his blog.  I'm assuming this job is it.

So yeah, I don't think his shift had anything to do with the buy outs.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #113 on: January 17, 2009, 05:17:32 PM »
Well maybe he knew this was going to happen and planned ahead.
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« Reply #114 on: January 17, 2009, 08:03:12 PM »
Quote from: Maxi on January 17, 2009, 05:17:32 PM
Well maybe he knew this was going to happen and planned ahead.

Once Dan left it was evident to all the end was near.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #115 on: January 19, 2009, 02:14:13 PM »
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Once Dan left it was evident to all the end was near.

Exactly.  This is something that's been coming for almost a year now.  It's no coincidence that several higher-ups have left the company recently (such as Show, Jennifer Tsao, etc.).
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #116 on: January 19, 2009, 02:55:04 PM »
They may have seen the writing on the wall, but I don't necessarily think there was an actual honest warning for them.

Otherwise other high ups, like Garnet, wouldn't have been so surprised by it.
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Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors
« Reply #117 on: January 19, 2009, 03:15:23 PM »
Quote from: Pale on January 19, 2009, 02:55:04 PM
They may have seen the writing on the wall, but I don't necessarily think there was an actual honest warning for them.

Otherwise other high ups, like Garnet, wouldn't have been so surprised by it.

Once your company starts offering your mag subscriptions for free, you're pretty much screwed...
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