Shadow wrote:NickSCFC wrote:Good point about magazines for the chop, I can only see the following being around for the next-gen...
EDGE
GamesMaster
PC Gamer
Official PlayStation Magazine
Official Xbox Magazine
Official Nintendo Magazine
Retro Gamer
These will be digital only in 5 years, the rest will be axed next year.
Doesn't GamesTM sell more than EDGE?
Nowhere near as much as EDGE
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29084KKLEIN wrote:Bracketed are for 1st Jan 2010 - 31st December 2010 unless otherwise stated.
Official PlayStation Magazine: 38,262 (down from 46,012)
PSM3: 16,815 (down from 20,640)
Play: 15,693 (down from 21,735)
Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine: 58,610 (down from 60,859)
Xbox World (formerly Xbox World 360): 20,738 (down from 23,061)
X360: 20,695 (down from 24,090)
360: 9,335 (down from 11,183)
360 Gamer: 13,124 (down from 15,325 July - 31 Dec 2010)
Official Nintendo Magazine: 36,197 (down from 45,015)
N-Gamer: 7,745 (down from 10,589)
PC Gamer: 23,652 (down from 25,019)
EDGE: 24,443 (down from 28,051)
GamesTM: 15,066 (down from 18,025)
GamesMaster: 23,313 (down from 28,003)
As a startling statistic, all those magazines combined are still selling over 100,000 copies less than Official PlayStation was doing at its peak in 1999.
And the rest...
Zoo: 54,599 (up from 54,318 Jan - 30 Jun 2011)
Nuts: 114,116 (up from 114,019 Jan - 30 Jun 2011)
FHM: 140,716 (down from 155,557 Jan - 30 June 2011)
Loaded: 34,505 (down from 49,448 July - 31 Dec 2010)
Top Gear: 180,208 (down from 190,535 Jan - 30 Jun 2011)
T3: 49,006
Empire: 167,056
Total Film: 70,908
Stuff: 80,226