The only thing that I used Gamespot for in the past was the full game reviews. Now they are restricted to subscribers, but EBworld.com links to the full reviews from gamespot. So basically I'm getting what I used to get for free.

What is Gamespot? online games?

Yeah. It's pretty good. They've added a bunch of stuff in complete like live video/audio interviews and movies and such. My bro and I are splitting a subscription.

I guess I eally should have provided a link! GS is a site that covers just about every computer game you could imagine. From PC to Gameboy to Xbox to Playstation theyhave it all.

http://gamespot.com/

Just curious, has anyone ever paid for a magazine subscription? In my opinion Websites tend to offer much more than magazines yet many people seem to think its ok to pay for a magazine but will not pay for a website subscription. Just doesn't make sense to me.

well, if you get a magazine you have a large physical item in your hands, and you can read it at any time and place (good while waiting for the bus).

it is quite a different thing reading it all on line, plus if you have a slow connection movies can be a total joke.

from that perspective it makes a degree of sence

I have quite a few magazine subscriptions. But I bought the mag a the store first and read what they had to offer. Then when the little subscription cards fall out all over the place I send them in if the mag is worth it. I just want to know if it is worth the money!

I do most of my magazine reading on the bus to and from work. Can't do that with a website (my iPAQ doesn't have a wireless connection yet...)

And yes, I could download stuff on my iPAQ through AvantGo or somthing similar, but I just like reading some on paper better than on screen.

T-Man, i'm subscribed to Windows & .NET Magazine. The added values they provide online for subscribers was a key selling point in my case. I think the success of online subscription resides in those value added contents they can provide only online. I personnaly love hard copy magazine because you can read it wherever you are while online content can give you access to those extras paper can't offer.

Chris brings this ancient thread back to life...

Bill I'm contemplating subscribing myself. Have you checked out these free sites at all:

Voodoo Extreme
http://www.ve3d.com

Blue's News
http://www.bluesnews.com

Evil Avatar
http://www.evilavatar.com

Shuga Shack
http://www.shacknews.com

I have never seen any of them. But I will check them out tonight. Thanks. I still haven't decided whether it's worth the money. I was just an occasional user there, just popping in to read a review now and then. So I am going to wait and see. If you are really into gaming though Gamespot's site really rocks...

T-Man, reading a magasine and reading on a computer screen are two different experiences. Personnaly, everything that exceeds two screen heights, I print to read. Reading on a screen is much more difficult, and totally not relaxing.
Yes, I have subscribed to magasines before, but never do I sit at my desk to read them. I lie on the couch, I sometimes read them in bath, or on the potty, in the train or while waiting at the bus stop. I could never do that with a web site subscrition. I would never get my money's worth as I would never spend near as much time reading articles on a web site as I would a real magasine.

Take the news for example, in the morning, I skim through the main headlines online, but if there is a topic I want to read more about, I go and buy myself a newspaper.

No, I don't see any website that could offer any kind of content I'd be willing to pay for. Unless it's money given as support. I may give money to a site because I support it, but not because I'm interested by its content.

Let me correct the above.
Web sites I'd be willing to pay for:
- an online library where I can download and print whole books
- a movie provider: where I could downlaod and watch a movie on my TV (the day TV will be prugged o the Net)

Bill, This is the only site that I've subcribed to. When I go on line with MSN explorer they have a game site. I've played some and down loaded some that I liked (or thought I would like) and eventually bought them. I guess I'am still in the old mold of the free internet. I guess all good things must come to an end.

In '79, Australian Penthouse was launched, so, me thinking it 'might' one day be a 'collectors item', subscribed....20 years later I kind of gave up on it...[ran out of space....240 mags by that time]....now I'll sell 'em at a massive loss and look like a right 'nana...
Instead, I subscribe to PCAnswers...an English mag...that isn't pre-occupied with games and gaming, unlike most....and even has 'Extreme Customising', namely skinning and alternate shells....you know, the sorta stuff we do..