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"In March, Game Informer introduced out a way to subscribe to the magazine directly — previously, you could only get the magazine by buying issues on their own
by phatfish 2y ago
"In March, Game Informer introduced out a way to subscribe to the magazine directly — previously, you could only get the magazine by buying issues on their own or through a GameStop Pro subscription."
Huh, that sounds crazy. Even back in the 90s subscriptions were common in the UK. I would get a 6 month/1 year sub to a magazine i liked for a birthday every now and then. There would always be a page trying to get readers to sub.
I assumed this is how the likes of Edge still survive.
- kinlan 2y agoI hope so, I'm seeing fewer and fewer stores stocking Edge magazine directly.
- Triphibian 2y agoIt might seem counter-intuitive, but Game Informer was fairly recently (and for a good stretch) in the top ten of US print magazine circulation -- mailing out 6-7 million copies a month. As people stopped subscribing to magazines and buying them at newstands the top circulation magazines were magazines that came with another product or service. Current tops are the AARP Newsletter and the Costco magazine because every member of those clubs gets a magazine in the mail as part of their membership. Game Informer benefited greatly from being a free add-on to a membership GameStop employees pushed hard.