Official Xbox Magazine [with DVD] (1-year)

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What Customers Say About Official Xbox Magazine [with DVD] (1-year):

It seemed like it took forever for the first issue to finally arrive, but yay it did. This is a good magazine.

If you have a good working knowledge of how to use Google, are familiar with the gamer message forums and spend much time in XBox Live, you probably already know what's in the magazine before it's been released. If you love the physical aspect of magazines and you're a gamer who loves paging through and grabbing codes, reading up on the upcoming cons, the new devs, getting the monthly demo discs, and you like to read reviews and see screen shots, then this is a good buy. This was a waste of money for me, the discs rarely were anything we wanted to play (demos on XBox Live were better) and the information about game release dates was stale before we even opened up the magazine.

However, for the disc, if you have access to Xbox Live you really don't even need it because most of the demos and trailers are already available on Xbox Live before the magazine is printed. and it explained how you could tell them apart before buying one. If you are only getting this for the discs, please keep this in mind. The magazine has a good amount of system and game related info and has a lot to offer on the included disc, which includes plenty of trailers, demos, and some downloadable content. To give an example of one of the articles, my most recent issue had information (and lots of pictures) about the different versions of Xbox360 systems (Xenon, Falcon, Jasper etc.). Occasionally they will throw in extras that are only available on the disc like free Rock Band songs, free Oblivion downloads, or in one case a free beta invitation to Final Fantasy XI.

What's not to like ,bought this for my kid half price on Amazon after making other game purchases.For a little over a dollar a month you can see info on upcoming product and maybe save a little by making a more informed buy on your next game,plus so far it's had some kind of demo disc with it each month ,these are worth the price alone.

I single issue on the news stand goes for $10. I usually buy 3-5 OXM per year.so I already saved money :) But there is both more credibility in printed documents and I find better in-depth analysis. I know you can get more, up-to-date info online and perhaps more content. I really enjoy the in-depth reviews (even if I don't always agree). Kidding, but this is a well written, formatted and edited magazine. But it is in the exclusives and previews where OXM shines. Dependant on the site, you never know what your are really getting online and often I find the articles drab and un-informative (save for a few stellar sites I won't name here).I got this for like $12 for the whole year after I bought a game on Amazon.