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E3 06: ESA releases E3 factoids

  • By Staff, GameSpot
  • Posted May 4, 2006 4:40 pm PT

Industry trade group runs down the numbers associated with next week's big show.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) today issued a fact sheet that puts the size of its Electronic Entertainment Expo into perspective. The show takes place next week, running May 9 to 12 in Los Angeles, California.

This year the ESA reports it has more than 400 companies from 90 countries signed up to show their wares, 540,000 square feet of exhibitor space for visitors to canvas, and more than 175 industry leaders presenting over the course of its conference and workshop program. Some other facts released by the ESA today included:

--Exhibitors will display nearly 1,000 never-before-seen games and products.

--Almost half of exhibitors (49 percent) will launch one or more titles for the latest handheld platforms.

--Almost two-thirds of E3 exhibitors (60 percent) will showcase games scheduled to hit store shelves by the 2006 holiday season.

--11 percent of companies will exhibit one or more games featuring celebrities or other "Hollywood" talent, including directors, screenwriters, and musicians.

--One-tenth of exhibitors (10 percent) will present one or more games or products that include a health or fitness element.

--More than 5,800 flat-screen computer and television monitors will be seen on the show floor and in public areas.

--More than 850,000 pounds of equipment will run along the convention ceiling.

--Approximately 79,000 square yards of carpet and other flooring will cover the Los Angeles Convention Center.

--110,000 square feet of banners will hang within the convention center during the show.

47 Comments

  • -oG-ShAdY

    Posted May 7, 2006 11:10 pm GMT

    Bus ticket: 12 Dollars

    Admission: 20 Dollars

    Walking into a room with enough lighting to give you a tan in under 30 seconds: Priceless...

  • cmhawk

    Posted May 7, 2006 6:20 am GMT

    cool!!

  • mickel_darmawan

    Posted May 6, 2006 9:24 am GMT

    ??

  • tuff_gong92

    Posted May 5, 2006 1:31 pm GMT

    YAY

  • dhmy2kgto

    Posted May 5, 2006 10:07 am GMT

    I WANNA GO!!!!!

  • GKBeetle

    Posted May 5, 2006 9:07 am GMT

    --More than 850,000 pounds of equipment will run along the convention ceiling.

    Hmm, hope there's no problems with the ceiling. That's a huge number, very impressive. Just don't think about it when you're there or you'll constantly be staring at the ceiling hoping it doesn't collapse.

  • cesarotromundo

    Posted May 5, 2006 8:47 am GMT

    i wanted 2 go 2 E3 so badly!!!!!!!!! too bad Im not 18 y.o.!

  • soulessjay

    Posted May 5, 2006 8:06 am GMT

    Awesome facts.

  • Goze

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:56 am GMT

    Great stats... (except the fitness part, wtf)... E3 is truely the gamer's heaven...

  • Malten

    Posted May 5, 2006 6:35 am GMT

    I would like to know about the power consumption, the amount of cofee drank or the total lenght of the cable used too

  • bramey

    Posted May 5, 2006 5:22 am GMT

    Ok, a stat I'm pumped about.... 1/10 of the presenters will feature a game that includes a fitness element. Don't know how other's feel about this, but I think Yourself! Fitness was brilliant, love to see what else is coming out.

  • chrisdojo

    Posted May 5, 2006 4:56 am GMT

    what about this fact:

    "nearly 50% of booths will have booth babes even though they aren't supposed to"

  • new_orion

    Posted May 4, 2006 10:47 pm GMT

    nice stats rumsfeld47 specially
    "-1000/1: ratio of male 'parts' to female 'parts' during convention"
    "--99%: percentage of attendees with virginity intact".
    E3 is gonna blow my mind... can't wait... it's a shame I live in southamerica... a little too far away... The only number I'm waiting for is 3, for PS3

  • EvanO_O

    Posted May 4, 2006 9:53 pm GMT

    lol I love E3.

  • metalmulisha808

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:36 pm GMT

    ... only if i lived in LA so i could go to E3. sigh.

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:36 pm GMT

    Thats good to know.

  • kingofps3

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:34 pm GMT

    THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME AND I ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU CAN'T WAIT.

  • TryMe01

    Posted May 4, 2006 7:15 pm GMT

    it's all in the numbers

  • rumsfeld47

    Posted May 4, 2006 6:48 pm GMT

    --47,000: number of bags of Doritos consumed by convention attendees in their hotel rooms
    --34: number of pimples (average) on average attendee's face
    --5: number of Wal-Mart employees Navarro will kill with his bare hands so he can spend more time with a demo of Big Riggs 3
    --1000/1: ratio of male 'parts' to female 'parts' during convention
    --2,500: average cost (dollars) of booth babe implants
    --99%: percentage of attendees with virginity intact

  • ebonyflame

    Posted May 4, 2006 6:24 pm GMT

    I am of the opinion that this show should be held in Chicago's McKormick Place Convention Center as it is the premier convention center in the US and Chicago is extremely beautiful this time of year.

  • dombekj890

    Posted May 4, 2006 6:06 pm GMT

    50 dollars for a game, given a perfect ten rating, seeing it here for the very first time?....priceless

  • japanesegoth

    Posted May 4, 2006 6:01 pm GMT

    ummm....ok...

  • carl2tan

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:46 pm GMT

    sweet! why cant we all be editors. .

  • joeamis

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:37 pm GMT

    Eventually E3 won't fit in buildings within very close range to eachother haha.

  • dawooten

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:37 pm GMT

    too bad regulars aren't allowed in. glad i work in electronics retail

  • rbarahona

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:30 pm GMT

    Nice facts. It's amazing how important are games nowadays.

  • kattahn

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:29 pm GMT

    E3 is really a great show. This will be my 10th year going, and i'm looking forward to it as much as the 1st time. It's a hefty $500 just to get in this year, but hopefully no one's going there not expecting to pay money. All said and done, from the east coast to west, hotel, airfare, taxi, etc. it will end up around $1500. But, it's worth it.

  • SuperVegeta518

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:26 pm GMT

    How

  • NeoJedi

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:25 pm GMT

    Very interesting factoids...

  • Imavnas

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:22 pm GMT

    "But no booth babes..."

    That regulation never passed. There will still be booth babes.

  • FuguNabe

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:22 pm GMT

    That's one huge show. I wish I could be there myself but....

  • tremo01

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:20 pm GMT

    Wow

  • togo2828

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:18 pm GMT

    i cant wait till i go to E3 it will be the best day of my life

  • the_smell

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:18 pm GMT

    But no booth babes...

  • linkdragon642

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:12 pm GMT

    sweet...

  • slow-pc

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:11 pm GMT

    That is a lot of stuff.

  • cloudstrife75

    Posted May 4, 2006 5:02 pm GMT

    i want to go

  • eduardjm

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:59 pm GMT

    thank god for xbox live to give us a peek at whats going on...

    and yes you can go if you work in some form of electornic retail, but i'm not sure if you (or your employer) still has to pay the admission price...e3 aint free, sadly...

    who's up to storm the gates at e3 with me!!!??? i live in la....they cant keep ALL of us from bumrushing the sony booth and getting our hands on the ps3 demo kiosk, at least we'd get a couple of seconds worth of playtime before getting a security guards baton to the head...but oh what a couple of seconds....

    also, i'm wiling to take the hit and divert the attention by running to the ms booth instead and play me some GoW

  • Legir

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:55 pm GMT

    Cool. So many games.

  • tomamagic

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:54 pm GMT

    E3 . . .it's pretty much a gamer's paradise. Damn, I want to be there . . .well, at least Xbox live will host something that will keep 360 owner's somewhat in the action. ^_^

  • kinncolts

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:53 pm GMT

    wow..

    u know i read somewhere that as long as ur like a manager of a retail place u can just go to e3 and they'll let u in

  • elessartelrunya

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:52 pm GMT

    This year is going to be amazing, too bad i wont be there

  • Spartan4001

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:49 pm GMT

    Jesus that's a lot of weight hanging from the ceiling

  • therunningpiano

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:48 pm GMT

    awsome, wish i could go

  • allin2

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:48 pm GMT

    E3 is going to be huge! I'm pumped for the show. The article may say May 9-12, but it really starts on Monday with Sony's conference.

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:48 pm GMT

    Three days in LA for E3. . . priceless.

  • Imavnas

    Posted May 4, 2006 4:47 pm GMT

    ....speechless....

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