{"id":852,"date":"2012-09-20T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=852"},"modified":"2012-09-20T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T18:30:16","slug":"tgs-tokyo-game-show-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/09\/tgs-tokyo-game-show-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"TGS: Tokyo Game Show by the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tokyo Game Show<\/a> is a huge annual gaming convention in Japan, but have you wondered who is there, how big it is compared to previous years?<\/p>\n

The organizers released that information yesterday. Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

The Computer Entertainment Supplier\u2019s Association in cooperation with Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. are holding the \u201cTOKYO GAME SHOW 2012\u201d over a four-day period from Thursday, September 20 to Sunday, September 23, 2012 under the theme of \u201cSpreading Smiles through Games.<\/p>\n

The first two days of the show (Sep. 20 & 21) are \u201cBusiness Days\u201d for the relevant parties in the game industry while the later two days (Sep. 22 & 23) will be \u201cPublic Days.<\/p>\n

Exhibitors of the TOKYO GAME SHOW 2012 are from 19 different countries and regions, including Japan, and the total number of exhibitors is 209 corporations and organizations (126: domestic, 83: overseas). The total number of booths is 1,609.<\/p>\n

A record number of 1,043 titles applied for exhibition.<\/p>\n

– Number of exhibitors: 209 (last year: 193)
\n– Number of exhibiting titles: 1,043 (last year: 736)
\n– Number of booths: 1,609 (last year: 1,250)
\n– Exhibiting countries and regions: 19 (last year: 16)<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a>Countries and regions exhibiting at the TOKYO GAME SHOW2012<\/u><\/strong>
\nChile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.K., U.S.A. and Vietnam.
\n\u3000(alphabetical order)<\/p>\n

Exhibition titles<\/u><\/strong>
\nAs seen in the trend of the titles (including goods) to be exhibited in 2012, the number of smartphone titles and tablet titles significantly increased over the last year.<\/p>\n

List of titles to be exhibited by platform and genre<\/u>
\n(as of September 19, 2012)<\/strong>
\nPlatform – No. of titles<\/strong>
\n– PC – 32
\n– Smartphone – 265 (iOS – 139, Android 126)
\n– Tablet – 100 (iOS – 100)
\n– Feature phone 142 (NTT docomo – 47, au – 48, Softbank – 47)
\n– Nintendo DS – 2
\n– Nintendo 3DS – 34
\n– Wii – 5
\n– Wii U – 2
\n– PlayStation 3 – 57
\n– PlayStation Portable – 30
\n– PlayStation Vita – 24
\n– Xbox 360 – 24
\n– Others(*1) – 326
\nTOTAL 1043<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre – No. of titles<\/strong>
\n– Role playing – 148
\n– Action – 118
\n– Simulation – 96
\n– Online card game – 48
\n– Sports – 31
\n– Tactical role playing – 24
\n\u3000(Simulation role playing)
\n– Card game – 23
\n– Online role playing – 21
\n– Shooting – 21
\n– Adventure – 14
\n– Puzzle – 11
\n– Racing – 11
\n– Action adventure – 8
\n– Others (genre) – 116
\n– Development tools – 9
\n– Peripherals – 22
\n– Others (goods) – 322
\nTOTAL 1043<\/strong><\/p>\n

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