Games Magazines ?

RAY

I think the shops here in ireland are ripping us off on games magazines say computr and videogames (CVG) they sell there mags for like £2.99 but here they sell it near enough to a fiver i know it has to do with taxes and the sterling but its way dearer and thanks to that i miss out on the magz

Lenny

Well if you think that price is bad, look at PC Gamer
£4.95 sterling
and it's what now??
£8.50
I've given up on buying them
only buy the mags every few month's

rumpelstiltskin

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And there are plenty of other websites that do what magazines do, only you don't have to wait a month for an update

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yeah but you cant sit on the bog and read them...
and you dont get all those lovely demos (unless you wanna sit for hours downloading)
They are worth £8.50 imo

Dont be at yourself

aye but magazines such as PC Zone post most of their articles on the websites.

And there are plenty of other websites that do what magazines do, only you don't have to wait a month for an update

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StarScream

the funniest thing is when the say "free demo" lol the demos add 3 quid to the price..just look at that awful irish ps2 mag if i wasnt gettin that for free id be so ****ed

Kix

AFAIK, adding floppies, CDs or DVDs to a mag changes it from being just a publication, which are VAT exempt, to something which is no longer VAT exempt.

This goes a bit of the way towards explaining the Ireland/UK price difference on games mags. Doesn't explain the difference between the cost of CD/DVD editions. Still, it's v. true that it's good to have something to read on the bog and I can't resist collecting useless covermount disks.

On an aside, I took about three years worth of PC Format/PC Gamer/PC Zone/PC Plus disks to a charity shop recently. The bottom of my wardrobe couldn't take it anymore. They filled a large bin liner I went in a couple of weeks later and they were flogging them off for about a pound apiece, and people were buying them Guess I'll go straight to heaven