- See also: Media Create sales data
Famitsu is a Japanese video game magazine published by Enterbrain, Inc. Famitsū (Weekly Famitsu), the original Famitsu publication, is considered the most respected video game news magazine in Japan. Shūkan Famitsū concentrates on video game reviews, as well as video game industry news.
Weekly Famitsū magazine is published every Friday with a circulation of 800,000 per issue.
Preliminary software and hardware figures come out every Wednesday around 9:30am Eastern (or 10:30pm Wed in Japan). First day sales arrive on Fridays.
Covers roughly 3,100 major retailers as well as many small stores.[1]
See also[]
- Category:Famitsu
- Famitsu best-selling video games in Japan
- Famitsu Japan's 100 favorite video games
- Famitsu most wanted video games
- NPD Group
- Media Create
External links[]
- Official website in Japanese (Google Translate)
- Famitsu on Wikipedia
- Famitsu tag on Kotaku
- Famitsu tag on Joystiq
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