Kadokawa Ascii Research Laboratories will release the Famitsu Game Hakusho 2025, which is a record of domestic and international gaming data. Prices start from 48,400 JPY ($329.05) for a CD that contains the PDF version of the book. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
Famitsu Game Hakusho 2025 will be the 20th anniversary edition of the book, focusing on data and rankings of the Japanese, North American, European, and Asian game markets. It will also include a list of the top 200 best-selling games within Japan from 2005 to 2024. The top three, in order, are: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. All three games are available on the Nintendo Switch.
The book has 382 pages in total, making it rather hefty. As mentioned earlier, the price of the PDF (which comes on a CD) is 48,400 JPY ($329.05). If you want the physical version of the book, that will cost 53,900 JPY ($366.45). For collectors, you can purchase a set of both the physical book and the CD with the PDF, and that will set you back 96,800 JPY ($658.10).
Famitsu Game Hakusho 2025 will come out on August 7, 2025 in Japan. You can buy it via Amazon or Rakuten.
Published: Aug 6, 2025 06:00 pm