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E3 reels in 70,300 to gaming’s biggest tradeshow in North America

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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E3 had more empty spaces than it did in the past. But it was a bust as skeptics believed.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that more than 70,300 people participated in the week’s events for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.