The popularity of digital technology has brought the glory of the new media era, human reading carriers have also fully advanced from the previous era of print media to the current era of digital reading, rich text content and more edited real-time reading tools have also made traditional paper media seem a little confused, especially in the field of game magazines, decades ago, the situation of "multi-footed" is obviously a bit lonely today, countless periodicals that play our game enlightenment have fallen one after another, but there are still some journals that are still in the "post-printing era" Keep up the pace.
Among them, founded in 1998, "Practical Technology for Game Consoles" (hereinafter referred to as UCG) has come to this day with players rain or shine, successfully "eating chicken" in the small circle of game magazines. As a popular science journal approved by the State Press and Publication Administration at home and abroad, so far, UCG has released more than 500 issues of paper journals, high-quality journal content and a sense of continuity along the way with the game has also made it widely sought after by players, a treasured UCG journal, but also confirmed the footsteps of UCG and the game industry. Although the circle of game magazines has now seemed very "niche", UCG has always had a different meaning for us players and readers.
However, this niche circle has also set off a wave in recent days.
On February 8, the UCG official mall sent a message to subscribers about the postponement of the publication of the paper magazine, saying that "according to the requirements of the management department, the magazine "Practical Technology of Game Consoles" has made relevant changes, the content of the magazine column needs to be deeply adjusted, the publication is postponed, and the resumption time is undecided." The official also provided different solutions for the publication extension, including applying for a refund for the unissued magazine and converting it into gold coins in the official UCG APP.
This move has triggered a lot of speculation among players, and many players have asked what happened under the official UCG Weibo.
The well-known movie blogger "Ice Chamber Knight" broke the news of the suspension of "Game Console Practical Technology", from the screenshots posted, one of the possible reasons for this adjustment is that "it is best not to have a game with a version number on the publication", this remark has triggered countless speculations among netizens, but at present, the author has deleted this Weibo, and the problems related to the game version number are also suspended.
At present, UCG officials have not yet responded to this incident, but UCG's veteran editor "Porridge" has posted a message on Weibo, which can indicate the official position of the magazine to some extent. Although it seems to be a response to the above incident, some netizens deduced from the timeline that the posting time of Porridge's Weibo was earlier than the deleted Weibo of Ice Chamber Knight, which seems to be aimed at some remarks that take the official UCG announcement to "make things".
In addition, the former UCG American editor "One Knife" also responded to the online transmission incident, he said that it is also a fact that the flat media is not easy to do now, and I hope that everyone can continue to support UCG with an attitude of not believing in rumors and not spreading rumors.
Although in today's more developed Internet, game downloads, raider queries and even Chinese and other aspects have become within reach, the past situation of buying magazines to understand the game and then playing may no longer exist, UCG is also using higher quality content and more modern reading methods to cope with the change of the times, the continuation of paper media has also confirmed the unique value of UCG.
Facing a delay in publication after the Spring Festival is obviously not good news, for old readers it is more like their favorite game announcing server maintenance, and the recovery time is unknown. However, rumors are a mouth, rumors are broken, and speculations and remarks that catch the wind and shadows are often used by people with ulterior motives, so that the truth is always hidden under countless suspicions.
It is worth mentioning that although the time of resumption is unknown, the reading channel of the February App version of the magazine is currently provided in the latest official APP of UCG, and it is free for all users in the form of New Year benefits, while readers who have previously subscribed to UCG can obtain VIP qualifications and obtain paid reading content in the APP, but cannot read previous periodicals that have been subscribed to before (only in the old APP). Past content is being updated into the new app in a new compliant form and will continue to do so in the future. ”
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