Will the weekly edition Fami-Electric version of "40 yen cheaper" succeed "1 day late" from this journal?

The electronic version of 'Weekly Famitsu' which will celebrate its 25th anniversary will be delivered from October 28th. Although Famitsu has long been popular as a game magazine, it is expected that the expectation will be raised because it is electronicization, but the content that wants to say "It is OK with such an electronic version?"

E - book - BOOK ☆ WALKER -

"Game Hall" opened in "BOOK ☆ WALKER" operated by the Kadokawa Group from October 28. "Famitsu" is delivered every Friday here. ※ This magazine is released Thursday.


The electronic version will be distributed from "November 10, 2011 issue". Although this journal is 390 yen including tax, electronic version can be purchased with 350 yen including tax. Regarding the contents, there is no appendix such as DVD or serial coupon, basically it is said that "Some articles may not be posted on the same subject" as the same content as this one.


A summary looks like this.


When selling as an e-book, you can skip the printing, binding and delivery process after DTP. Especially bookbinding and delivery will be the work since the data of all the pages are complete, so the electronic version should be able to sell at least one day or two at the earliest. On the contrary, becoming "one day lag" is a part that is not convincing even if you emphasize the relationship with distribution.

The price is 350 yen and it is 40 yen lower than this magazine. In the first place, there are few weekly game magazines themselves, and Famitsu's price of 390 yen also has competitiveness in that sense, but how important the user judges the difference with the main page itself is important.

The contents are the same as in this magazine, but the appendix is ​​not attached. Whether it is cheap to put out cheaply or to put out it in the same content as this magazine is somewhat troublesome, but this time judgment can see the intention of "Start in a form that does not affect the magazine as much as possible".

After all, the merit of this electronic version seems to be exhaustive itself as being "electronic version" such as "easy to carry", "read anywhere". Although I do not buy a book of paper, but I buy it if it is an electronic version, it is an impression of a follower to the layer, but I am concerned about what kind of results will come out and the future sales situation.