Well, I finally did it. I finally fulfilled the childhood dream of attending the Tokyo Game Show.
How did it measure up?
Actually, it was surprisingly similar to E3 – formerly the world’s largest video game convention.
If you’ve never heard of (or been to) E3, you might want to check out this short post, written after I attended the last ever “Real E3” in 2006. E3 used to be a mega-event, not only showcasing the newest video games and technologies, but boasting appearances from movie stars, pro athletes, playboy bunnies, and live musical performances from some pretty major artists. It was truly a spectacle to be seen. The problem was, it turned into too much of a spectacle – the public began trying so desperately to gain access that the floors became overcrowded and the conference could no longer fulfill its original purpose: to act as an industry-only event, building connections and showing off products to the media and to those already in the game industry.
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