Zenji Nishikawa, a Japanese technology journalist, has teased that he’s bagged a ‘huge’ scoop for the upcoming June 4 issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine. This is apparently on the scale of Wired’s 2019 article on Sony’s next-generation console, PS5, so it’s a pretty big deal.
Major Industry Info Blowout Teased For Upcoming Famitsu Issue
Speaking during his latest YouTube live stream, Nishikawa claimed that the info blowout will be ‘revolutionary,’ and is set to ‘rile up the games industry.’ What we do know is that it’ll be from a ‘game company that everyone loves.’
Here’s what he had to say:
My column in next week’s issue of Famitsu is crazy. I got a huge scoop… It’s a world premiere article. And an exclusive. It may not be Nikkei or Weekly Bunshun, but if you want to know if it’s a scoop that big…it totally is! It’s a scoop from a game company that everyone loves. An insane scoop. Last year, Wired got the exclusive story on PlayStation 5, right? Other media didn’t. It’s that level of a scoop. I interviewed a certain company’s executive and technical staff, it’s really revolutionary… really, it’s a revolution.
It’ll be in Famitsu next Thursday. I already sent in my manuscript, so the proofs are being made now. It’s a scoop on a level that when the story comes out, other media will make a fuss to the company like, “Why didn’t you let us cover it?” Maybe people will say, “Who was the first to break that story?,” “It was Zenji Nishikawa, right?” It’s a scoop as major as the PlayStation 5 scoop. I just wanted to say that in advance.
I can’t say [anything more] here, but it’s OK for me to tease it (laughs). I was told that it’s OK to do so at various meetings. It’s being talked about in other places. Just not by the media. It’ll rile up the games industry.
It’s important to note that he doesn’t explicitly mention the PS5 or Xbox Series X, but with next-gen on the horizon, it’s probably safe bet to assume it will be related to those formats in some form or another.
Source: Gematsu