NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-14T10:14:41 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: GCrites80s
 
Originally posted by: Gentlegamer
 
Originally posted by: DefaultGen
 
Originally posted by: hoisinberg
 
Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe
Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

 

TBH I find Nintendo Power almost unreadable and it's one of the most collectible game magazines. It's choc full of the most basic tips ever and pointless walkthroughs/maps for the easiest levels of games. 
You hit on why I abandoned NP for GamePro and EGM back in the day. Also, NP had no ads which I found informative and entertaining in the other mags.

 

Ya, once you get past the nostalgia, NP is really kiddiefied and shallow as compared to EGM or the one I really like now as an adult, Video Games and Computer Entertainment.
  What bothered me about Nintendo Power, even when I was a little kid, was the reader letters section. They only ever printed letters that were blind, drooling praise from little kids, with pandering responses. The collectibility of Nintendo Power is one of those things based a lot more on nostalgia than enjoyability in the present day.

  ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-11T14:20:45 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: Gentlegamer
 
Originally posted by: DefaultGen
 
Originally posted by: hoisinberg
 
Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe
Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

 

TBH I find Nintendo Power almost unreadable and it's one of the most collectible game magazines. It's choc full of the most basic tips ever and pointless walkthroughs/maps for the easiest levels of games. 
You hit on why I abandoned NP for GamePro and EGM back in the day. Also, NP had no ads which I found informative and entertaining in the other mags.

 
Ya, once you get past the nostalgia, NP is really kiddiefied and shallow as compared to EGM or the one I really like now as an adult, Video Games and Computer Entertainment.
  ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-10T17:34:18 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: hoisinberg
 
Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe
Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

 
Sure, we have full runs of both of them in the library. The tip magazines are really hard to complete, because they tended to be thrown away much more than the ones focused on editorial. Few people kept collections of SWAT, tips & tricks, etc., but many readers held on to EGM, Nintendo Power...
  ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-10T15:33:01 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: DefaultGen
 
Originally posted by: hoisinberg
 
Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe
Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

 

TBH I find Nintendo Power almost unreadable and it's one of the most collectible game magazines. It's choc full of the most basic tips ever and pointless walkthroughs/maps for the easiest levels of games.  You hit on why I abandoned NP for GamePro and EGM back in the day. Also, NP had no ads which I found informative and entertaining in the other mags.

  ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-10T15:12:07 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: hoisinberg
 
Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe
Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

 
TBH I find Nintendo Power almost unreadable and it's one of the most collectible game magazines. It's choc full of the most basic tips ever and pointless walkthroughs/maps for the easiest levels of games. Of course the layout, art, and comics are all great, but there's not much of interest to read, it's very much something to skim through. If I had space for magazines it would be Next Generation all the way. ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-10T13:19:56 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 Originally posted by: GCrites80s

EGM² 4 lyfe Does anyone really collect that? Or SWATPro for that matter? The majority of the content was codes and strategies, which doesn't seem like very substantial reading now that you can get all the info you need online.

  ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-09T16:08:13 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-09T14:02:37 -05.00 hoisinberg 25 How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-09T14:01:06 -05.00 hoisinberg 25
Mags that sell well as individual issues on eBay are the ones with cult followings, these are the only ones that have multiple people trying to complete sets: GameFan as mentioned, early EGM (earlier than your 1994 date), some Ultra Game Players and Next Generation on a good day.

Mags that are totally unpredictable but SOMETIMES do really well on eBay: pre-crash stuff, the random rare obscurity that only the five or so of us bidding against each other on eBay care or even know about, an actual rare issue of an otherwise easy to complete run (GamePro #2, EGM #5 etc.).

Mags to sell at conventions and stores: Nintendo Power, anything that has beloved games on the cover (Final Fantasy VII etc.).

Other than that the best middle ground between them sitting on eBay forever as individual issues and you offloading everything as a cheap lot is to bundle full years together. If you've got, say, all of EGM from 1995 (or at least like 10 of the 12) you can probably do okay on eBay for them.

If you've got multiple Tips & Tricks from that era I'm a buyer, I'd probably buy the whole lot, as we're missing several and those that we do have are falling apart. Plus you get to put them in a permanent library where people can use them to study history, which is cool! ]]> How to sell video game magazines? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188913 2019-10-08T10:47:33 -05.00 hoisinberg 25   ]]>