IDG World Expo ’s inauguralE for All Expogame show opened to high-up at 11:00 AM on Thursday . The outcome , which head for the hills through Sunday , is a consumer - oriented game show at the Los Angeles Convention Center .
panjandrum who pre - registered were permit on the show floor early ; the oecumenical public was n’t allowed in until 3:00 p.m. The dignitary lines extend out the door as they assembled into the convention center ’s South Hall to see the more than 70 exhibitor on the show storey .
inwardly , gamers bring forth their hands on hot up - and - coming title from Nintendo , Konami , EA , THQ , 2 K Games , and other vendors . In particular , lines wrap up around the Nintendo and Konami booths — Nintendo was giving away free t - shirt and Konami was giving gamers their first feel at Metal Gear Solid 4 , the last game in the activity / stealth serial to feature Solid Snake .
Macs were entirely wanting from the show floor , even in new Mac biz publisher EA ’s booth — little surprisal , given that the majority of the focus of biz marketer was in pushing more mellow - intensity claim aimed at console owners . Exhibitor Intel instead showed off personal computer laptops and desktop system meant for gaming . Apple , a past exhibitioner at E3 Expo event , was nowhere to be regain .
Some industry veterans who arrive on Thursday were a mo disappointed by what they saw . E3 veterans are accustomed to attend every substantial inch of the mammoth convention middle overflowing with game subject . That ’s not the example with the raw E for All show , as it only occupies the center ’s still - cavernous South Hall . But still , visitors were pollyannaish about make their hands on the late game and gaming engineering science , and vendors were anxiously anticipating a steady increasing flow of foot traffic throughout the next few days .
