E3 this year will admit thousands of fans

[Legend]

E3 this year will admit thousands of fans | Polygon

"This year, for the first time, there will be prosumers in the halls," said Rich Taylor, senior vice president of consumer and industry affairs for E3 organizer The Entertainment Software Association. While fans have been let into the show in small numbers over the years through contests, the ESA says this new policy is a first.

About 4,000 to 5,000 non-industry people will be invited to the show, Taylor said. The passes, good for full access to the length of the show, will be handed out by ESA member companies which are exhibiting on the floor. The number of passes a company gets is based on the size of its booth, and thus monetary contribution to the show.

"Member exhibitors each have an allotment of some passes that they are permitted to distribute to their valued customers," Taylor said.

The extra passes means a roughly 10 percent bump in the number of people attending the show this year.

Boo!

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Won't that get in the way of media getting to try out games?

[Legend]

Won't that get in the way of media getting to try out games?

Slightly yeah

[BasilZero]

Eh, thats different from what they've been doing the last few years of "Downsizing" o.O

[darkknightkryta]

So they're letting people in again?

[Dr. Pezus]

So they're letting people in again?

No, just admitting that thousands of fans exist