Hints At EGM's New Future...

Link:  http://www.bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/Big-Hints-at-EGMs-Future.html

What do you guys think about what he said? Good? Bad? Do you think the magazine will be any good? Is this smart approach to take? Do you think this kind of defeats the point of print or is this is a smart choice, embracing the current reality that print is dying?

Also, who do you think will work on it? Will it be some old EGMers, some old EGMers mixed in with some new faces or predominantly new faces (probably the latter)? Will you be getting a subscription no matter what or are you just gonna wait and see?

This is like putting a corpse on life support.

What made EGM was the people behind it, and those people are mostly gone at this point. Can't say I'm interested.

" This is like putting a corpse on life support. "

" What made EGM was the people behind it, and those people are mostly gone at this point. Can't say I'm interested. "

I say give the new owner @ EGM credit for trying to innovate and overcome the limitations of print media.  We'll have to wait and see, but cost/pricing would be a key concern for most consumers I'd guess.

Seems like a daft move in my book. EGM went out of business due to a lack of interest / support / money to keep it afloat in the first place. Mainly because print media is slowly on the way out and because we're in some tough economic times. Can't help but feel they are relying more on former EGM fans to support them, but clearly there couldn't have been enough to support the magazine in the first place or it wouldn't have collapsed and closed down, right?

Seeing as he's met with old members of EGM to help with the new magazine you can bet I'll be subscribing to it. There's nothing like just reading a magazine. I haven't read a decnet article in a long time in my hobby since reading words on a computer screen never really appealed to me.

" @carlthenimrod said:

" What made EGM was the people behind it, and those people are mostly gone at this point. Can't say I'm interested. "

At one point, the people who  you like that were behind it were nothing, so if you get new people, they could easily become extremely popular minor-Internet celebrities like all your favorites. Look at me, remaining the optimist... "

Everyone should have their doubts about the new EGM. It shut down for a reason and whether that be lack of support or just print as the dying media it is, the fact remains it stopped publication.

I only subscribe to OXM, and even that is a mere toilet read. Who'll even e working for the magazine now?