Ziff Davis Game Group Research Highlights Growth in Console and Handheld Markets

"The Sony PSP and
Nintendo DS have already completely changed the dynamics of the portable
gaming market, and the market is hotly anticipating the Xbox360 and the
hardware announcements from Sony and Nintendo. Electronic Gaming Monthly has the highest rate
base of any independent gaming magazine published. PlayStation Magazine is the #1 publication for
passionate PlayStation and PSP gamers.S.

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com features
exclusive editorial content in addition to content drawn from Ziff Davis Media
Game Group magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U.

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The studies further indicate that the videogame industry has entered the
next adoption cycle and is poised for faster growth, as core gamers plan to
purchase more consoles and games.com
and 1UP.ziffdavis. The journals include prestigious
publications such as JETP (Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics)
and Physics of the Solid State, both previously distributed by the American
Institute of Physics (AIP), as well as prominent journals such as Doklady
Mathematics, previously distributed by EBSCO.

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com, an independent market research firm. The site taps into the Game Group's
unparalleled editorial resources to provide a rich body of reviews, previews ,
cheats, Top 10 lists, downloads, news and stories.

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The Company also produces highly -targeted b-to-b and consumer
technology events including DigitalLife.
"The new program opens the door for the worldwide scientific community to
gain access to leading Russian research literature , all with a few clicks on
SpringerLink," commented Rudiger Gebauer, Springer's President, Global
Publishing.

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* When deciding what portable gaming device to purchase, core gamers cite
the following factors:
* 58% cite widescreen as the most important feature
* Over 55% would like the ability to watch movies
* More than half cite listening to music as important, and 41% want the
ability to download music

* According to the studies , over 80% of core video gamers plan to purchase
a peripheral in the next 12 months
* They plan to spend at least $66 in the next 60 days on various
technologies including graphics cards and wireless devices
* On average, 25% plan to purchase a wireless gamepad
* Nearly 25% plan to spend money on a new wireless headset
* Approximately 25% will buy an MP3 player

Methodology
The 2005 Electronic Gaming Monthly and Official U.
Starting in January, 2006, some 105 of the most important scientific
journals will be translated into English and compiled into an independent
online library within SpringerLink, the Internet portal of Springer, under
the name "Russian Library of Science". The initial result will be an
expansion of the Springer catalogue of Russian journals in English by
approximately 50 new journals, with further expansions anticipated during the
course of the agreement.

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* Before the PSP launched, 71 % of OPM readers said they were likely to
purchase the Sony PSP within a year. Ziff
Davis leverages its content on the Internet with a network of highly-targeted
technology and gaming sites including PCMag.com, ExtremeTech.

For enquiries, please contact:

Joan Robinson
Springer
Telephone: +49-(0)-6221-487-8130
joan.

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PlayStation Magazine , provide insight into future consumer
spending on the next-generation consoles and devices hitting the market.S. PlayStation
Magazine and Computer Gaming World. Content From MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica to be Made Available to
Subscribers of SpringerLink

NEW YORK, HEIDELBERG, Germany and MOSCOW, Russia,
Springer and MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica announce a major expansion of the
English -language journals program of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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It covers the PlayStation
2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and all relevant and emerging game
systems.

About Ziff Davis Media Inc.robinson@springer-sbm.

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SAN FRANCISCO, According to recent studies by Ziff
Davis Media Game Group, more than half of core gamers plan to purchase a new
console in the next 12 months , and approximately 60% plan to purchase a
portable or handheld device.
"The next generation is nearly upon us," said John Davison, Vice President
and Editorial Director of the Ziff Davis Game Group. Under this expanded program, Springer will provide the
vast majority of relevant Russian scientific content, making the company the
market leader in the sector with more than 150 journals from this region. It publishes 1,350 journals and over 3,500 new books every
year, from 13 locations around the world.

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S. Two
thousand five hundred people for each study were polled independently and
randomly from December to January 2005.

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Additional information is
available at http://www.

Springer Expands Market Leadership in Russia Through New Journals Agreement With the Publisher of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The Russian Library of Science will contain the best articles and papers
from research institutes and scientific societies in Russia and the
surrounding countries."
SpringerLink contains over 1,200 journals. Its publication spectrum includes
biomedicine and life sciences, clinical and practice-oriented medicine,
physics, technology, mathematics, geosciences , computer sciences, economics
and humanities.

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PlayStation Magazine
reader studies were prepared by Ziff Davis Media Game Group and conducted by
http://www. It also has 25 prominent book
series that contain, in total, approximately 2,700 volumes, handbooks,
reference works, and databases.

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They also
recommend, on average, 6 games to other PS2 gamers.

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According to the study conducted on behalf
of Electronic Gaming Monthly, gamers plan to purchase five games within the
first three months they buy a next-generation console.com. Springer also provides an historical online
archive going back to the year 1860.

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Purchasing Habits of the Core Gamer
* Core gamers are eager for next-generation consoles:
* 95% of OPM readers and 75% of EGM readers say they are ready to
purchase the PlayStation 3 in the next 12 months. In the United States, the Company publishes 10 magazines
including PC Magazine, Sync, ExtremeTech, DigitalLife, eWEEK, CIO Insight ,
Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U. "The arrangement with MAIK Nauka will also cover the development
of new publications for the scientific information market ," he added, "for
example, individual spin-offs from existing journals, and 'premium journals,'
which provide users with an electronic link between journals and handbooks on
specific topics.

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With its main headquarters and PC
Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab
facilities in the San Francisco and Boston markets.

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The studies, conducted on behalf of Ziff Davis
Media Game Group's market-leading publications Electronic Gaming Monthly and
Official U. 1UP.
PlayStation Magazine.

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64% of EGM readers
say they are likely to purchase the Xbox360 in the next year .
* OPM readers spend on average $80 per month on games.S. The Company exports the power of its brands
internationally, with publications in 40 countries and 20 languages.com.

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The Company is an information services
provider of technology media including publications, websites, conferences ,
events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research and
market intelligence .com, eWEEK.
Springer is one of the oldest and leading international scientific
publishing companies and ranks second in the world in the science,
technology, and medicine sector (STM).com

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S. Computer Gaming World is the longest
running and most respected publication for core PC gamers.
Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the
technology and videogame markets.

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Ziff Davis Media Game Group
reaches 8 million core gamers per month, making Ziff Davis Media the largest
publisher of video and PC game magazines in the United States.

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About Ziff Davis Media Game Group
Ziff Davis Media Game Group is the largest publisher of electronic game
magazines in the United States.