The 27-year-old “Game Weekly” e-book transition plan has failed and will be temporarily suspended after the next issue is published.

The weekly “GameWeekly” has announced that it will soon cease publication. (FB page “GameWeekly”)

Hong Kong’s long-running electronic game weekly established in 1997Game every week》 announced last month that it would discontinue the physical version and suggested to readers a plan to publish it as an e-book, but the premise is that a certain number of readers must subscribe to it . “Game Weekly” announced on its Facebook on Saturday that “the “E-book Transition” plan has failed” and said that they will announce refund arrangements on Monday. As for the physical magazine, it will be canceled after the next issue, “We’ll see what happens next.”

Game Weekly physical magazine will be canceled after next issue 1285, “We’ll see how it goes from here” (Game Weekly FB)

Game Weekly said they were surprised by the number of people “buying points or subscribing”. the last number will not reach the target. The post pointed out, “I thought I would only sign up after I expressed my interest in buying the electronic version, but it turned out to be wishful thinking.” Consumers’ minds are said to be malleable. Here again, I would like to thank the readers who have paid for their support.

In addition, the physical Game Weekly magazine will be canceled after the next issue 1285, “We’ll see how it goes from here.” Meanwhile, refund arrangements will be announced on Monday (November 11). As for the transition between the old and new apps, it will continue after the refund is completed, and the website will maintain services for a while.

Physical magazines are “expired” and e-books are the only survival solution

Game Weekly reported last month that the shorter working hours of newspapers, shrinking magazine shelves in convenience stores and rising printing costs have forced physical magazines to “come to an end”. , “the boss recently said that there is nothing he can do in the future”, and will stop publishing after the completion of the project at hand. Game Weekly understands that most readers are reluctant to accept the e-book form, but this is undoubtedly the only viable option Readers who wish to support are invited to give the e-book to register as members on the website first Payment​​​​for membership for one year, if the last number of payers is lower than the number of registered people, the week will take refund the full amount and no more will be published.

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