[1][4][9] It initially sold with one or more floppy disks and then later with several CD-ROMs, and finally, until April 2012, a DVD that included complete copies of video games.

Despite 80,000 unique visitors per month to Joystick's website, it was closed in March 2002 due to the lack of profitability.

The first issue of Joystick Hebdo was published on 9 November 1988[8] and contained cheat-code listings, game testings and reviews.

[13] During this time, many editors left Joystick and created the independent publication Canard PC.

It has published remakes of games such as Darkstone, Fire & Forget, Moto Racer, North Vs South, Prehistorik, Prohibition 1930 and Titan.