E for All exhibitor list is quite small ... and here it is in chart form!

Our pals at Big Download hit the phones, tracked down PR people and figured out which companies, exactly, are going to this year's E for All Expo ... and the answers ain't pretty. In fact, the only two major exhibitors will be Microsoft and Electronic Arts! THQ and Konami – familiar faces from last year's expo – won't be in attendance this year while Nintendo and 2K Games – also at last year's Expo – have yet to make a decision (Update: 2K and Activision, previously undecided, let BD know that they won't be attending).

To make sense of the whole messy situation, we did the same thing we always do when we're upset: grabbed the crayons and expressed our feelings artistically ... then we turned those feelings into a chart comparing exhibitors for both this year's and last year's E for All, side-by-side with this year's Penny Arcade Expo. Yes, we know the Penny Arcade kids have been pouring salt into E for All's wounds for awhile now and that this is just another pile of color-coded salt that we're placing at their disposal. But really, that's a lot of salt! Chart after the break or read the full article at Big Download.

[Update: IDG sent us a comment: "We're disappointed that you didn't contact us yesterday before putting up your E for All post, and we hope you'll do so in the future. At this point, we'll just say that the show isn't over until Tiger hits his last hole in one, Microsoft has packed up its last Xbox, Target has sold its last Wii Fit, Fatal1ty has blown away his last opponent, and the World Cyber Games National champions are crowned. Further announcements are forthcoming, and we are confident that E for All 208 will be a great event for everyone in the game community."]

	E for All 2007	E for All 2008	PAX 2008
Exhibitors
Microsoft	No	Yes	Yes
Nintendo	Yes	Undecided	Yes
Sony	No	No	Yes
Electronic Arts	Yes	Yes	Yes
THQ	Yes	No	Yes
Konami	Yes	No	No
2K Games	Yes	No	Yes
Midway	No	No	Yes
Atari	No	No	Yes
Sega	No	No	Yes
Warner Bros.	No	No	No
NCsoft	No	No	Yes
LucasArts	No	No	No
Sony Online	No	No	No
Square-Enix	No	No	No
Codemasters	No	No	Yes
Gamecock	No	No	Yes
Southpeak	No	No	Yes
Disney Interactive	No	No	No
Capcom	No	No	No
Ubisoft	No	No	Yes
Activision	No	No	Yes (+Blizzard)
Namco Bandai	No	No	Yes
Eidos	No	Undecided	No