Tokyo Game Show adds extra day

This year's TGS will run for four days instead of the usual three; expected to be even bigger than last year.

In stark contrast to the downsizing of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Tokyo Game Show continues to grow each year, with the 2006 event having featured 148 different companies exhibiting some 650 game and software titles.

This year, the trade show will be expanding once again. Japan's Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association has released the first official details of the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, which will run from September 20-23.

TGS usually runs for three days over a weekend, with Friday traditionally being a business day for press and industry only. This year there will be two business days, Thursday 20 and Friday 21 September. This is so that those within the industry can gather more data and talk to more exhibitors, which has presumably become difficult to do in a single day as the show continues to expand.

52 Comments

  • 1PSman

    Posted Sep 21, 2007 6:29 pm PT

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!!

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 21, 2007 3:58 am PT

    I hope to see more coverage of it this year

  • princeofgames90

    Posted Sep 20, 2007 4:53 am PT

    good for all

  • JLuke360

    Posted Sep 19, 2007 6:21 pm PT

    Better for the press, same deal with the public.

  • barrett_rob

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 11:09 am PT

    happy days hopefully it will show new games not just here's whats out next month.

  • kb8618

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 7:41 am PT

    sweet, hopefully MS will announce a price drop there, cuz if the 60gb PS3 is sold out by September, then I'm going to have to switch sides

  • robfield

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:36 pm PT

    Nice, make up for lost E3 time.

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:24 pm PT

    thats good. 3 days isnt enough.

  • ticalmc2k2

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:02 pm PT

    Damn, late Sept. I dont wanna wait till then for a big gaming event. We need E3 back!

  • Dante565

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    Its like my favorite thing to watch every year.

  • koopatroopa1015

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:39 pm PT

    sounds cool, can't wait

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 2:37 pm PT

    i loved last years tgs. I can't wait for this one

  • LTomlinson21

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:54 pm PT

    Sweet!

  • blowmestudios

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:53 pm PT

    another reason to go to JAPAN now if only i can get the cash to get over thier well........any ways im happy for u all have fun!

  • irunongames

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:49 pm PT

    I can't wait. But the onlt problem is I'm going to forget this in 1 month.:l

  • williamwu1985

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:27 pm PT

    i love TGS, E3 is sucks, all american game and companies, which i cant find the games i like. now E3 is dead, TGS is up.

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:48 pm PT

    Very nice, i love TGS

  • jayree05

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:18 pm PT

    *is excited*

  • smoothn00dle

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:21 am PT

    @ulrikz
    TGS is always number 1! The land of console *v*

  • KamaKase

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:18 am PT

    TGS is awesome....more business days will hopefully means press don't need to be there when the normal folk are there....filling up the place....grrrr....

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:15 am PT

    thats cool- my dream was to go to E3 but now its going to TGS!

  • InnocentWitness

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:10 am PT

    that's good to hear, cant wait

  • the_real_VIP

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:09 am PT

    I agree with BurntToast. E3 was in the coma when they downsized. Now they're practically dead with TGS adding an extra day.

  • BurntToast

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:06 am PT

    E3 is dead. Why won't you folks just realize that and get over it?

    I understand it's your dream to go and all that jazz, but coming from someone who's been there multiple years (and yes, legitimately through my own credentials)... it's REALLY not all that special. 2003 was decent, 2005 was great since MSFT had the guts to show the 360, 2006 would have been a complete disaster if it wasn't for MSFT and Nintendo. Overall, 2006 was boring.

    Usually I went for all three days for the full day (driving up from OC each time), but 2006 I went one day and was so completely bored that I decided not to go on the last day. The only highlight was not having to wait in line to see/play the Wii... that was pretty much it.

    It's dead... get over it already.

  • mmduggans

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:47 am PT

    Good for TGS.

  • ZeroTae

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:35 am PT

    E3 should follow TGS.. i think

  • vaejas

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:03 am PT

    Okay, thanks for thinking of the salarymen and not the children. But no matter how big it gets, there's still no Nintendo, and only half of the exhibitors have any commercial interest to people outside Asia. (Shameless plug: See my blog entry for impressions and photos aplenty from TGS2006, including a two-day mostly-narrated booth tour. )

  • Reetesh

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 9:44 am PT

    This TGS will be awesome With FInished console hardware up, the unfinished games we get to play will be a lot better and there will be so many to see too

  • BIGboss600

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 9:03 am PT

    PLAYABLE AT TGS MGS4 FF13 DMC4 LOST ODYSSEY METROID PRIME 3 SSBB MARIO GALAXY ENOUGH SAID

  • James_Raynor

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:53 am PT

    great

  • NECR0CHILD313

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:42 am PT

    Cool

  • Israfel856

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:40 am PT

    ... Okay.

  • Rect_Pola

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:17 am PT

    Yay!

  • SocaWarrior

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:12 am PT

    Thats cool, looks like a real good show that i shall get involved in.

  • ulrikz

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:10 am PT

    Well, TGS was always number 2 after E3, and now it's.. Number one?

  • tao707

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:52 am PT

    it aint a new e3. tgs has beed here many years.

  • Re_ensurer

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:33 am PT

    Spreading it out longer will allow people to take time to explain their products.

  • Gmacrusher

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:58 am PT

    I like this show its cool and informational!

  • Pork_Lord

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:50 am PT

    Yay, make a new E3!

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:45 am PT

    damn, when will singapore start to attract such fairs? opps ... i think the answer's forget about it ...

  • solsticeblue

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:39 am PT

    I actually think that's a smart move for the organizers of TGS to do. Unfortunately, that still doesn't do anything for the relevance of TGS to the rest of the international market. It's heavily Japan-centered.

    If only the organizers of E3 were smart enough to take notes. Heck, I'd prefer a copycat than nothing at all.

  • CapcaS

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 6:22 am PT

    I think they should bring back the E3 we all know and love. It's symbolic to how the video games industry runs things.

    Besides, a little over the top never hurt anybody.

    Anyways, to get on topic, I think another business day for TGS is a great thing. More previews and coverage on upcoming games for us.

    Woo.

  • Sanguis_Malus

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:57 am PT

    Its good that its growing, games etc need to be showcased. However, its pathetic that there is nothing substantially decent in these terms elsewhere in the world !

  • kart006k

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:42 am PT

    great

  • diablos101

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:33 am PT

    thats pretty sweet, we shud get more info hopefully on the games and what not

  • deadkingdg

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:09 am PT

    I just hope that growing wont turn it into E32.

  • TryMe01

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:03 am PT

    if only this happened elsewhere in the world. well, japan are where games first originated on a mass scale

  • botanisk

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:57 am PT

    This is good for fans of Japanese games, but how much good will it be for US and european gamers.

  • Doolum

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:48 am PT

    TGS growing and Growing till it becomes Godzilla show.Good to hear that though.There are lots of news that filters from it.

  • Nab33l

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:25 am PT

    good tgs is growing after all

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