Sony discontinues Official Playstation Magazine
updated 05:30 pm EST, Tue November 14, 2006
Sony stops official PS mag
Sony and publisher Ziff-Davis are discontinuing the Official Playstation Magazine, a staple of the gaming industry since the PS1 console. Nominally a propaganda organ, OPM was nevertheless respected because of the arm's length Sony kept from the editors, resulting in incidents such as one editor saying she wouldn't buy a PS3 this November. The magazine is being dismantled however because of another selling point: the demo DVD. Sony marketing VP Peter Dille notes that now that the Playstation Network will be offering web browsing and free downloads, the DVD has become redundant. The last OPM issue will be dated for January. This contrasts with the status of Microsoft's Official Xbox Magazine, which also has a demo disc but has been continually published despite the arrival of Xbox Live in 2002.
