Tokyo Game Show
The Tokyo Game Show ( TGS for short , Japanese 東京 ゲ ー ム シ ョ ウ , Tōkyō Gēmu Shō ) has been a regularly held fair for video and computer games with an affiliated conference in Chiba , Japan on the premises of the Makuhari Messe since 1996 . Together with gamescom in Cologne and E3 in Los Angeles, it is one of the largest trade fairs in the video game industry. Manufacturers traditionally use the fair to showcase new consoles, games and accessories. The new games are often shown in the form of playable demos or as trailers for projects that are still in development. The increased media presence and attention is also used to place product announcements at press conferences in advance or in an opening speech .
Similar to gamescom, the first day of the fair is reserved for the specialist audience. Of the almost 180,000 visitors to TGS in 2005, around 80% came from Asia, 13% from North America and 7% from Europe.
The show is hosted by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) in collaboration with Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. (Nikkei BP) and supported by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry .
development
From 1996 to 2001 the fair took place twice a year, as a spring and an autumn fair. Until the spring fair 1997 it took place at the Tokyo Big Sight and from the autumn fair 1997 at the Makuhari fair. At the autumn fair 2001, the organizer announced that the fair planned for spring 2002 would be canceled and that future fairs would only take place once a year in September. The change was justified with the more intensive exhibition experience that this made possible and the international orientation of the fair.
Trade fair statistics
| year | Period | Visitors | Exhibitors | Highlights (selection) |
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| Fall 1996 | ||||
| Spring 1997 | ||||
| Fall 1997 | ||||
| Spring 1998 | ||||
| Fall 1998 | October 9-11, 1998 | |||
| Spring 1999 | March 19-21, 1999 | |||
| Fall 1999 | September 17-19, 1999 | |||
| Spring 2000 | March 31 to April 2, 2000 | 131,708 | ||
| Fall 2000 | September 22 to 24, 2000 | |||
| Spring 2001 | March 30th to April 1st, 2001 | 118.080 | 53 |
Conference:
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| Fall 2001 | October 12-14, 2001 | 129,626 | 53 | Conference: The 8th Human Resource Symposium |
| 2002 | September 20-22, 2002 | 134.042 | 85 | |
| 2003 | September 26-28, 2003 | 150,089 | 111 | |
| 2004 | September 24-26, 2004 | 160.096 | 117 | |
| 2005 | September 16-18, 2005 | 176.056 | 131 |
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| 2006 | September 22 to 24, 2006 | 192.411 | 148 | |
| 2007 | September 20-23, 2007 | 193.040 | ||
| 2008 | October 9-12, 2008 | 194.288 | ||
| 2009 | September 24-27, 2009 | 185,000 |
Notes and sources
- ↑ a b Exhibitor information TGS 2006
- ↑ Computer Entertainment Software Association: Rescheduling of the Tokyo Game Show ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. October 12, 2001 [last accessed September 8, 2006]
- ↑ Tokyo Game Show 2009 - Decline in visitors ( memento of the original from December 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. M! Games / Maniac.de, September 28, 2009 (accessed October 1, 2009)
Web links
- Summary reports from the organizer: 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 (PDF) , 2008 (PDF) , 2007 (PDF) , 2006 , 2005 , 2004 , 2003 , 2002 (Japanese) , Autumn 2001 , Spring 2001 , Autumn 2000 (Japanese) , Spring 2000 , Autumn 1999 , Spring 1999 (Japanese) , Autumn 1998 (Japanese) , Spring 1998 (Japanese) , 1997 & 1996
- Official website (multilingual)