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Leipzig: Games Convention 2009 dated, GC 2008 sets record |
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With the Leipzig Games Convention 2008 finally closing its curtains, we now get confirmation that next year's event has already been scheduled. The announcement was made via press release by Leipziger Messe GmbH CEO Wolfgang Marzin: GC 2009 will be held from August 19 to 23, also in Leipzig.Along with the announcement, we hear of a survey conducted to this year's event's visitors, asking them if they'd want to see another GC next year.
Among all the visitors - whether trade exhibitor or part of the general public (some of which have travelled from half way across the world just to see the show) - a vast majority of about 90% agreed.
This makes me think of what the outcome would have been if a survey like this were conducted at the end of this year's E3, but moving on...
GC 2008's success is proven by the sheer number of visitors who dropped in: over the four-day period, some 203,000 people came in. Compared to last year, the number of software and hardware companies from around the world who participated in the Leipzig event have increased, from 189 to 234.
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The BIU (Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungsso ftware) wanted to move to cologne, among others saying that leipzig has bad travel connections. But thats not true. Nearby airport, train, InterCityExpres s and superhighway. Even a camping place (used by 4000 people this time). What do they want more?
Anyway, now the BIU just made a copy of the Games Convention, called Games Com (from Community). I guess they hoped that leipzig would give up. But as you can see: They didnt.
Now we have two competitive fair's (hope thats the right word).
By the way. The BIU is really presumptuous.
2 things.
They had a plane with a Games Com Banner flying above the Games Convention.
They placed stickers on Games Convention advertisements saying "Game over. Next year in Cologne"
And there was another thing which basically was extorsion.
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