PlayStation Power

Well, what started off as clear reaction to Play magazine was taken off to new heights under the helm of editor Sean Atkins. It beat Play big time, and became the best read there was out there. Then things went all wrong, when the powers that be were forcing too many restrictions on the poor mag. An unreliable designer forced the mag to fall well short of it's targets for the new look, and the final straw came when then editor Ben East had enough of being passed the buck, and Future Publishing instated Play's old editor... Ryan Butt got his way at the top with Play just for being the first mag that got all the spoddy info crammed into messy pages on the ...

As a subscriber to Power for the past 18months (when my current one runs out in 2 months) I have seen many changes to the layout and general presentation of the magazine - including a name change. I picked Power out from the rest at first attempt. I was looking for a magazine the week I bought my Ps and Power had a review of GT so I bought that. I did of course try a few other magazines but found this to be the best one by a fair way. This is for a number of reasons.... One of which is that I find that the large majority of the time I agree with the reviews. Some other mags have rated certain games well while Power rated them lower and I usually agree ...

When I first got my playstation I went down the shop and the first magazine i got was the official magazine, despite being £5 it was the demo CD that really appealed to me and I played it to death. But over the next couple of months I found myself playing the demos less and less. I decided this was a waste of money and decided to get a different magazine. I then got PLAY, and really I didn't find it very interesting. The whole thing was just dull to read. I was stuck on Resident Evil 2 at the time and then noticed Power in the shop with a free RE2 guide on the front. Not only was the guide very helpful, I found the magazine colourful, interesting and humourous. ...