Famitsu Review Score 1798 (The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom week)

[arthurchan35]

Salnax said:

FarleyMcFirefly said:

Pardon my ignorance, but why are Famitsu scores not counted on metacritic?

We covered them years ago, but so many of the games they reviewed never released in the west. Not a great fit in that respect.

— metacritic (@metacritic) November 1, 2017

"We covered them years ago, but so many of the games they reviewed never released in the west. Not a great fit in that respect."

Not sure I understand their logic here.

Why do "games they reviewed never released in the west" matter anyway? Just cover those released in the west, right?

for example, metacritic can definetly put famitsu's score of tears of the kingdom into average, no?