gamescom 2011 attendance: 275,000
Tokyo Game Show 2011 attendance: 222,668 (largest attendance on record!)
Asia Game Show 2011 attendance: 472,000
Folks, we have a winner! The Asia Game Show, held in Hong Kong over Christmas, broke records, with 472,000 attendees packing the halls over the four days of the event. The AGS attendance is almost as big as the two other largest shows combined!
And it wasn't a total dudefest, says Gamasutra. There was an increase of female visitors this year, with 30 percent of attendees counted as women.
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7:00 PM on 12.29.2011 | 
It is like a LA public schoool than. XD
GAMING IS A MAINSTREAM FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WHY DO WE STILL GIVE A SHIT IF WOMEN PLAY THE VIDYA, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'D STALK A GIRL BECAUSE SHE LIKES THE SAME MOVIE AS YOU, C'MON GUYS /caps
But in all due seriousness I don't see why this had to be mentioned, but whatever.
Probably because female attendance was only 30%, and that's with an increase. The video game INDUSTRY (not the audience) is dominated by males. I believe it is worthwhile to mention that women are becoming a bigger presence among developers.
30% out of 472,000 is a lot of people, also I was referring to the audience, but with the rapid growth of the video game industry, I don't see it being dominated by males for long.
Tits!
472,000 is a whole city! How dumb do you have to be to think they fit a whole city in that building?!?! Herp derp derp
I'm fookin smart, I knew what I'm speaking about!! I don't even know why I bother coming here! Duuhhhrrrrrr *drooling*
There wasn't that many mainland Chinese at the show actually. The majority of the people there were from Hong Kong.
It's funny how AGS has basically turned into a Sony-fest. Microsoft and Nintendo has no presence whatsoever there. Sony literally takes over more than 1/2 of the floorspace.
I also think the fact it was only $4 entry helped alot... alot of the big (Sony) developers were there and the queues were not too long. Also alot of (Sony) stuff to buy with alot of (Sony) freebies.
It's not "biggest in relation to local population", just "biggest".
Means it's soon over with those call of dutys and back for more JRPG/KMMOs/MH/Musou Games. What is good in my book. :D