Official PlayStation Magazine (Ireland)

Official PlayStation Magazine

Editor	Kevin MacDermot, Neil McGreevy
Categories	Computer and video games
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	64,000
First issue	May 2000
Company	TP Media
Country	Ireland
Language	English
Website	TP Media Online (now defunct)
ISSN	1393-9599

Official PlayStation Magazine (Ireland) was a TP Media monthly gaming publication.

History

The magazine was conceived by TP Media. Ireland's large PlayStation adoption rate^{[citation needed]} and the greatly increased prices of imported UK publications at the time were contributing factors in launching such a magazine.^{[citation needed]} The Official UK PlayStation Magazine published by Future Publishing could cost up to £9.99 IEP due to Irish import fees.

OIPM launched for £4.99 with a demo disc.

Differences between the UK version

Although the first three issues of the magazine had the same cover as the UK magazine, OIPM's content was original and written by a team in Ireland, headed by Kevin MacDermot. Certain features were directly taken from the UK version. The magazine's A-Z section was also taken from the UK version, although all future entries were based on OIPM's reviews, not the UK ones.

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