Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Surviving The Summer Drought
Industry analysts are warning that software sales for the month of June aren't going to be good, despite an increase in hardware like the Xbox 360 being sold. Where's your money and attention going if it's supposedly not going towards the games of summer?
Looking at the titles that came out in June, it's not hard to see why analysts are concerned for the month. Alpha Protocol has already been tabbed a sales disappointment by publisher Sega, and although games like Toy Story 3, Transformers: War for Cybertron, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker came out in June, I don't think anyone's expecting these to do huge numbers right off the bat. Moreover, Activision's Singularity (shown above), released late in the month.
Summer is traditionally seen as a tough time to release games, with many of the high-profile titles released towards the end of the year. Since, the industry analysts don't think you've been out buying video games, what have you been doing during this summer sales drought? Have you been playing already-released titles like Red Dead Redemption or more Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Are you saving your pennies to get something in particular? Maybe you blew your bank on an Xbox 360 slim. We want to know.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
