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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bonzi" data-source="post: 3011028" data-attributes="member: 22543">This seems like a "win-win" to me.  For those who like the video games, there should be an increased presence of video games in the future at GenCon.  For those who don't want to deal with video games, I'm guessing that the video games will be moved out of the dealer's hall and into it's own little section (kind of like anime)...so there will be more room for more traditional gaming stuff there with just a smattering of video game stuff in the Dealer's Hall.  I think the concern that this is going to make GenCon into some E3 mutation is a little silly.  The appeal for video game companies to come to GenCon is that you have a large but very specific audience of strategy/RPGers.  The video game companies that will spend the money to come to GenCon are the ones that are trying to reach that market.  There's a lot of shows trying to attract some of the E3 castoffs and GenCon will end up bringing in companies that want to market to strategy/RPGers.  If you are going after a different customer base, you'd be better off going to one of the other shows.My guess is there's not going to be a big difference overall to GenCon.  The dozen boothes that were in the Dealer's Hall dealing with video/computer games and the video game room will be moved next year to a separate video game area  where probably another dozen or so companies catering to strategy/RPGers will also set up shop.</blockquote>

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