{"id":63083,"date":"2014-04-05T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T07:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63083"},"modified":"2014-04-05T09:52:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T07:52:56","slug":"why-pcformat-sa-is-being-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/63083-why-pcformat-sa-is-being-shut-down","title":{"rendered":"Why PCFormat SA is being shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panorama, publisher of the PCFormat magazine in SA, issued a press statement on 4 April 2014 explaining their decision to shut down the magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why are we discontinuing PCFormat? Simply put, a printed version is no longer feasible because of the target market\u2019s preference for digital information.<\/p>\n

The original PCF UK has had a number of licensed products around the globe over many years. All but two PCF printed versions remain \u2013 the original UK version and one other.<\/p>\n

All trends and developments clearly show that specific markets are moving away from paper in totality or certainly show a significant preference for digital and online offerings.<\/p>\n

So we say goodbye to a familiar face on our magazine racks, with a promise of better things to come electronically in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PCF has been around for 17 years in South Africa, and 206 issues later, the May 2014 issue will be the last printed version.<\/p>\n

PCFormat’s South African online presence will be carried forward by the G3AR website and the PCFormat forum remains live.<\/p>\n

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