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The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:57 pm
by dsheinem
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/08/s ... blication/But our source says that Nintendo, which was always "difficult to work with," was uninterested in renewing that contract or in taking part in a number of digital initiatives that Future saw as necessary for the long-term health of the brand. He added that Nintendo doesn't seem interested in taking over direct control of the magazine again (Nintendo and Future representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story).
Nintendo Power editors and staffers were told of the magazine's impending shuttering last week, the source said, and are currently being transitioned to work on other Future properties, including GamesRadar and MacLife magazine. The move should not affect Future's other gaming magazines, which include official periodicals for the PlayStation and Xbox brands, as well as Best Buy's @Gamer.
It's unclear exactly how many more issues of Nintendo Power are planned after the recently published August issue (its 281st), or how current subscribers will be compensated. Nintendo Power enjoys a total monthly readership of 475,000, according to Future press materials.
I know a number of folks here subscribe to this. I don't know what the quality has been like in recent years, but I used to love this mag as a kid when i could get a copy. Sad news.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:59 pm
by MrPopo
There was a big shift when it stopped being done by Nintendo directly, and frankly I stopped reading it after that.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:05 pm
by sevin0seven
sad news indeed. Nintendo Power to this day is still decent in my opinion...probably the only current magazine I still enjoy reading from time to time...and i just renew my subscription two months ago.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:08 pm
by AppleQueso
Definitely sad.
Kinda makes me want to get into collecting old issues though.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:23 pm
by Stark
I haven't read this in years and years, but hits hard, childhood institution for me.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:53 pm
by isiolia
I had a subscription for a few years as a kid, but I haven't read it in years and years.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:52 pm
by Michi
What? This is so sad. I thought the magazine had been really good lately too. What the hell am I supposed to read now?
I guess this means I don't have to renew my subscription in October.......Not really a comforting thought
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:24 pm
by Forlorn Drifter
I've been wanting to get a subscription, but....
I guess I'll just collect some old issues. Pick up some Metroid covers or something.
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:41 pm
by Cronozilla
This is kind of strange, they have almost half a million subscribers ... I can barely find it when I go to the store (it's ordered, they just always sell out) ... and yet ... they're saying it's not doing well enough?
And yet there's 170 different kinds of muscle, car, knife, and gun magazines sitting next to the three off-month carried game magazines. :\
Re: The End of Nintendo Power
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:53 pm
by SamuraiMegas
NOOOOOOOOOOO
I WON'T BELEIVE THIS UNTIL NINTENDO POWER SAYS IN THE MAGAZINE THAT THEY ARE ENDING!
I'm just gonna go cry that the one mgazine I'm subscribed to is ending (I have game informer because of power up rewards)