27th July 2003, 7:34 PM
Yeah, I know... PC Gamer isn't as good as it used to be. Haven't I said that plenty of times before? Yes, its relatively thin now... which is really too bad, but for some reason the gaming magazine market isn't too healthy. PC Gamer of course was a much better mag up until several years back... back when issues regularly went well, well over 200 pages... like when the page count topped out at 447 in November 1997 (Duke Nukem Forever cover -- new screenshots with the Quake I engine!). When I read those older issues... sure, hundreds of pages of ads. But it had over 25 pages of information about the games that had demos on the CD (now all they have is a sentence on the contents page)! Everything was just ... more ... then it is now. Its sad really... I wish it was as good as it was three or four years ago. :(
Even PC Gamer's holiday issues are pathetic in page count these days.
The only reason that its still my favorite is that the competition isn't exactly in much better shape...
Yeah, I do recall previews of games in the same issue they are reviewed in... it seemed a very strange way of doing things. It'd be much better if previews were just for upcoming games, like in all the PC gaming mags, and reviews cover that stuff in the issue they are reviewed in...
Yes, reader numbers make a huge impact on ad pages... and while PC Gamer is still the #1 selling PC magazine, console mags sell better.
Even PC Gamer's holiday issues are pathetic in page count these days.
The only reason that its still my favorite is that the competition isn't exactly in much better shape...
Quote:No there wasn't. You could find much more info in EGM's review of the game. What EGM often does is have a large preview of the game in the same or previous issue that the game is reviewed, so you get plenty of information on the game.
Yeah, I do recall previews of games in the same issue they are reviewed in... it seemed a very strange way of doing things. It'd be much better if previews were just for upcoming games, like in all the PC gaming mags, and reviews cover that stuff in the issue they are reviewed in...
Quote:And as GR pointed out there are many more ads in PC Gamer than there are in EGM, most likely due to the fact that EGM has a larger readership than PCG does.
Yes, reader numbers make a huge impact on ad pages... and while PC Gamer is still the #1 selling PC magazine, console mags sell better.