Number of visitors to the games fair E3 decreases compared to last year

The number of visitors to games fair E3 has decreased this year compared to previous years. The organization has announced this. Next year, as in previous years, the fair will take place in Los Angeles.

There were 66,100 visitors this year, reports the Entertainment Software Association, which organizes E3. That is 4.5 percent less than last year, when there were 69,200 visitors. The year before, when the fair was open to the public for the first time in years, there were 68,400 visitors.

ESA doesn’t say what caused the drop, but the absence of console market leader Sony may have played a role. Sony has shown new games for its PS4 in recent years, but that was not done this year.

Just like last year, there were around 200 exhibitors, of which around 50 were at the fair for the first time this year. Last year there were 85 newcomers, but how many returned this year, the organization has not disclosed. The games fair will remain in Los Angeles next year, the organization has announced. It will be held from 9 to 11 June.