A file photo of the Sony Playstation logo past people on the exhibition floor during the Tokyo Game Show in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture. The exhibition, which opens on Sept 23, 2020 in an online format, showcases Japanese video games and is still regularly thronged by enthusiastic gamers, attracting more than 200,000 people over four years on average in recent years. — AFP
TOKYO: Once a premier industry event, Tokyo Game Show has been increasingly overshadowed by global competitors in recent years. But as the pandemic forces it online, some see a chance for reinvention.
The exhibition, which opens online from Sept 23, showcases Japanese video games and is still regularly thronged by enthusiastic gamers, attracting over 250,000 people a year since 2013.
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