Does it really matter? Neither the 10's or the 8 are actually reflective of the quality of the game.
With Famitsu and the XIII series could be working the other way though:
FFXIII 40/40 - no one agrees
FFXIII-2 39/40 - most think is a better game than XIII (not me)
LR 37/40 - who knows XD
That said this could be a funny turn out of events with LR being liked LESS in the the EAST and more in the WEST, as opposed to XIII in general that got relaly bashed here by magazines and loved in Japan by the same.
But again, famitsu, dengeki and co. don't really review games in the traditional western sense, most of the times they're PR stuff or just comments on games from players.
I should wait for Edge, but considering they rate every single ff after 12 with 5 and 6 maybe I can't trust them anymore.