Los Angeles - More than 70 000 people participated in the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the world's largest electronic games industry fair, organisers said on closing day on Friday.
The industry professionals from 79 countries gathered for "E3" from Tuesday, the Entertainment Software Association said in a final statement. Attendance was 65 000 in 2004.
A total of 400 exhibitors displayed their wares, and of the more than 5 000 computers, games and products shown, 1 000 were unveiled for the first time, the statement said.
Major publishers, including American Electronic Arts, Activision, and THQ, Japan's Namco and Square Enix and French Ubisoft, showed off new versions of their top-selling games and newest creations that will be featured at the launch of future consoles.
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The last generation of consoles dates to 2000-2001, and the new crop, featuring 64 bits of processing capacity instead of 32, was the talk of E3 this year.
Microsoft says its Xbox 360 will be ready in time for the year-end holidays, and the console could have world leader Sony of Japan a bit worried for the first time.
Sony has promised its PlayStation 3 for the first quarter of 2006, a few months after the Xbox 360 is expected to hit store shelves in North America, Europe and Japan, the major consumer markets.
Nintendo kept the technical specifications for its future console, Revolution, under wraps, saying only it will be ready in 2006.
But the Japanese firm is keeping pace in portable devices with its upcoming Game Boy Micro.
The cellphone-sized device is an ultra-compact version of its 2001 Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo said it would be on sale at the end of 2005. - Sapa-AFP
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