BTEC MEDIA UNIT 7 TASK 3 WORK

1. FACT FILE

2. OVERVIEW
PlayStation Magazine is a magazine where you can look at
upcoming games for Sony consoles and reviews on the
latest and trending games.
PlayStation magazine was first released in September 1997.
The first issue included games like Final Fantasy and
included a free sticker! Today the magazine is still going as
newer consoles from Sony are released. They release around
13-14 issues a year.

3. EDITORS OF PSM
Matthew Pellett: Editor of the magazine, website and digital
editions.
Currently Editor of Games Master, Matthew joined Future in
2007 as Staff Writer on Xbox World 360. Matt moved over to
Games Master in October 2011 and worked his way up to
become Deputy Editor in February 2012 and Editor in March
last year.

4. PUBLISHER
Sony, Owner of PlayStation publishes and copyrights content
for PlayStation. FUTURE PLC publishes and distributes all of
the PlayStation magazines since 2004.
FUTURE PLC Have published hundreds of magazines in the
past here are a few that they currently publish:
• Tech Radar
• T3
• Mac Life
• PC GAMER
• Music Radar

5. THEIR TARGET
AUDIENCE
PlayStation magazines main target audience are from
younger ages 12+ to 30 year olds. People who like games or
a certain type of Genre in the gaming industry. Mainly boys
but some games where girls is the main audience do pop up
from time-to-time.
PlayStation have estimated that each month they sell over
10,000 of there magazines!

6. COVERS OF PSM
PlayStation magazine focus mainly on their front
covers. To get their target audience they focus on
the layout and what is news is on the front cover.
Looking at this front cover, They have chosen to
focus on the release of Battlefield 4! With an
image which is eye catching and shows of the
game. They have also added snippets for GTA V.
>The text does not blip with the image.
>The text is bold and easy to read.
PlayStation tend to use one eye catching image
on their covers. Not to complex.

7. COVER ANALYSIS
Obvious logo, So people see it more
clearer. It is bold and it stands out
Anchoring text – The large bold (Standing
out against everything) text which supports
the image.
Plug/Puff – Freebies and gifts to
lure the reader to buy it
Left-Third side – Lots of information and
news stories for the reader to look forward
too.