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    PC Zone shuts it's doors

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10641398

    Bollocks. I'm a subscriber as well :-( I blame the internet!
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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    yep internet takes yet another, I used to like PC Zone, well back in the days the only way you could get demos and free stuff where on CD/DVDs. Then came teh internetz.

    But is it just me or has gaming/computing magazines over the years gone on a diet, it seems to have fewer pages and less content nowadays.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Quote Originally Posted by Iron Sights View Post
    But is it just me or has gaming/computing magazines over the years gone on a diet, it seems to have fewer pages and less content nowadays.
    Yeah I've noticed this with gaming magazines in recent years.

    The price just seems to increase with little benefit

    It's a sad day for gaming magazines.


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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    wow, it is a sad day indeed.

    It turns out i bought the 1st issue, back in the day - oh the memories.
    I even remember having the orig floppy disks... which i threw out only the other month.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Wow this takes me back a long time! Not bought a mag for years, they can't offer anything I can't get for free on the net so it's no suprise they're going, not that it's a good thing but I don't see a solution for them.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    RIP PC Zone.

    Death of the need for a cover disk = death of PC zone.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Oh what, it was always out of PC Zone and PC Gamer for me, i used to love PC Zone because it was cheaper than the £4.99 mags, i'm sure it was £2.99 (might be £3.99) but with demos and what not it was a fantastic deal....real shame but saying that i havent brought it for a few years.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Well one of them had to go, I don't really know why Future held on so long producing two, competing magazines for pretty much the same (and arguably diminishing) sector anyway.

    So RIP PC Zone, but it's hardly surprising.
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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    I think I'll buy the last issue just for nostalgia...

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    i chucked all my copies out a couple of years back after i stopped getting it. i had a huge pile might get the last copy for nostalgia also.


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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Yep, it was good in it's time years back. Mr Brooker's back page was always a good read too.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Sad day indeed

    Is this gonna be the trend for all magazines in the future? Unless they offer something that I cant get elsewhere, which I cant foresee, then its a dying format

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    Now if they could only put gameplay videos in magazines....nah I suppose they could try and do a pop up magazine instead

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    A shame for sure, I read it each month from the 1st issue onwards for a few years, then stopped, then retarted 4 or 5 years back as a subscriber.

    The staff turnaround was really high at that time, editors came and went within 6 months it seemed. I don't really game on the PC at all now, so I've not bought a mag for years. Back in the days with Brooker & McCandles it was at it's prime.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    It is sad, but I can't say that I'm supprised.

    As they say, they became popular because the internet was slow and people used to buy them for the latest patches and demos, which would have taken forever to download on a modem. But since almost everyone now has access to broadband they can just get what they need off the net.

    They are going the same way as shops selling PC games - I can only think of 1 shop anywhere near me that sells PC games nowadays, as they are now all online.

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    Re: PC Zone shuts it's doors

    I was at one of the recycling points close to me over the weekend and someone had just oflloaded a huge batch of Zones - I had a sift through in case any of the old Brooker era ones were there, but I didn't find any.

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