Tokyo Game Show saw attendance decline overall but set a consumer day record. The show is broken down into two business-only days before letting consumer visitors buy tickets to enter. The record was set on the second public day, when nearly 72,000 people were at the show.
Business attendance remained steady in year over year comparison with 2008. In reporting the story, the media sources [a]list daily researched including Gamesindustry.biz haven’t explicitly pinpointed the source of the overall decline. (One site we’ll keep unnamed takes a stab by citing economic slump colluding with swine flu.) With some conjecture on our part, based on numbers made public it could have stemmed from fewer attendees as the show wore on, perhaps fueled by shorter stays by visiting industry folk. GI.biz also reports dates set for 2010, with organizer CESA considering cutting one business day for a three-day show.
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