The
Tokyo Game Show maintained a relatively steady
attendance this year, with the exception of the first public day of the show, which saw a 10,000 attendee decrease from the prior year. The business days maintained almost the exact same figures as 2008, which had seen a dramatic drop from 2007 -- but, with the global economy in shambles, that's not shocking.
- Thursday (Business): 27,435 ('08 - 27,305; '07 - 29,783)
- Friday (Business): 24,605 ('08 - 24,178; '07 - 32,390)
- Saturday (Public): 61,138 ('08 - 71,639; '07 - 64,795)
- Sunday (Public): 71,852 ('08 - 71,166; '07 - 66,072)
In total, the show had 185,030 attendees, which is still nothing to sneeze at -- unlike [tasteless gaming conference
Swine Flu joke goes here].
{ Sep 28th 2009 at 8:00PM } 
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force) @ Sep 28th 2009 8:19PM
Answer: Japan's video game industry is dead.
Those who are left making games in Japan fall into three groups
1. Nintendo
2. Otaku
3. Leftover game idols from the 80's to early 90's who are relegated to making fan service games for the last bastion of cat ear wearing, basement dwelling, rabid western Japanophiles who hate Gears of War and Halo
this post was for fun don't hate I love you all
Bronco-fan @ Sep 28th 2009 8:24PM
The scary thing is, you're not TOO far off there.
Mr Khan @ Sep 28th 2009 9:12PM
Feh. I wanted to make an Inafune-esque joke.
Ridgecity @ Sep 28th 2009 9:46PM
I think it has more to do with the low budget DS+iPhone+Cellphone Trifecta.
charlie b. @ Sep 29th 2009 12:24PM
i don't have cat ears..
i have a moogle hat.
kupo.
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 28th 2009 8:22PM
At least it's still OVER 9000!!!!!!!!
But we still lost OVER 9000!!!!!! attendees this year.
Peter Moore @ Sep 28th 2009 9:18PM
What? Nine-thous-
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'-' ...
ಠ_ಠ
ChuckBartowski @ Sep 28th 2009 8:31PM
thats a pretty good cosplay of cid....
atrimus @ Sep 28th 2009 9:04PM
oh, that IS Cid. for a second there i thought one of the attendees got bored from the show, wandered outside, and took a pic of some random drunk.
Ridgecity @ Sep 28th 2009 9:48PM
isn't that the game music composer that always wear leopard prints?
snowleopard233 @ Sep 28th 2009 9:50PM
No, that is literally Cid Highwind. Didn't you hear? Square-Enix cut 300 jobs this month. Guys down on his luck accepting pilot jobs in exchange for food and purple materia.
Which we all know is the worst materia of all.
Solace @ Sep 28th 2009 9:15PM
TGS needs more lemon pledge.
ChuckBartowski @ Sep 28th 2009 11:58PM
sorry they have to bring that from home....
Cheesus Crust @ Sep 28th 2009 9:28PM
This TGS was too boring IMO, no real announcements apart from PS Wand.