According Leipziger Messe CEO Wolfgang Marzin, "the concept is flexible and the network of the global games industry permits us to be active at different locations." With the Asian event already in its second year, Marzin is setting his sights on a new market. "After the Southeast Asian Games Convention, " he continued, "we are now focusing on the North American market."
Traditionally the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has been the largest North American games event, but E3 was been scaled back drastically in 2007 and there has also been a rise of alternative events. If the Games Convention does come to North America, it will join events like the Game Developers Conference or the Entertainment For All Expo, as well as the Penny Arcade Expo that starts this Friday.
Carmine Red contributed to this article
Maybe they should consider somewhere on the east coast as a venue? Seeing as how most major North American game conventions are on the west coast.
Maybe the climate in the US is no longer suitable for big game tradeshows? Why would a US GC succeed where all the others have failed?
There is? I can only think of GDC (which isn't even a trade show...), E for All (which was a bust), and E3 (which also needs serious work)...I don't think you can even count PAX...
Funny how no one picked up on my thin implication that E3 was acting like the hardcore next-gen publisher/dev population that only aimed to serve those important "real gamers" (upmarket) and not the entire market (to include the neglected downmarket).
