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This year’s rAge event, South Africa’s premiere game, tech and geek culture expo, saw attendance figures rise by 6% as compared to those of last year, as 19 488 enthusiasts visited the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg over the course of the three day show to drink in all the latest (and unreleased) games and hardware spread out around the show floor.
rAge 2009 show director Michael James was more than pleased with the figures, as he enthused in a statement:
“The fact that we had an extremely successful show supports our initial indications that South Africa’s technology and gaming industry is proving to be recession-resilient.
“The equipment and gear featured at this year’s show sold like hotcakes and are by no means low-cost ticket items,” James continued. “It shows the growing maturity of the gaming industry in SA and the disposable income of South African gamers.”
The final attendance numbers for this year’s Tokyo Game Show (TGS) have been revealed by Kotaku, and it looks as though not as many public visitors were present at the show this year as compared to last year, while all categories of visitors this year are slightly down from last year.
TGS 2009 saw 185 030 people traversing the halls and corridors of the convention centre hosting the event. Compared to TGS 2008, with 194 288 visitors, and TGS 2007 with 193 040 visitors, it looks a little gloomy for the success of this year’s event, at first.
The breakdown of visitor categories tells a different story, though.
It seems to have been a record year for the Tokyo Game Show, not only in terms of great announcements, but the attendance figures for this year were also up, even if by a little bit.
The first two days were dedicated to media and business visitors only, while the last two days were open to the public. The attendance figures breakdown for Tokyo Game Show 2008 are as follows:
- Day 1 - 27,305 Visitors (29,783 Visitors in 2007)
- Day 2 - 24,178 Visitors (32,390 Visitors in 2007)
- Day 3 - 71,639 Visitors (64,795 Visitors in 2007)
- Day 4 - 71,166 Visitors (66,072 Visitors in 2007)
- Total - 194,288 Visitors (193,040 Visitors in 2007)
If you’re interested, after the jump you can see the Tokyo Game Show attendance figures dating back to 1998!
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