Tokyo Game Show 2009 attendance down slightly

The Tokyo Game Show maintained a relatively steady attendance this year, with the exception of the first public day of the show, which saw a 10,000 attendee decrease from the prior year. The business days maintained almost the exact same figures as 2008, which had seen a dramatic drop from 2007 — but, with the global economy in shambles, that's not shocking.

• Thursday (Business): 27,435 ('08 – 27,305; '07 – 29,783)
• Friday (Business): 24,605 ('08 – 24,178; '07 – 32,390)
• Saturday (Public): 61,138 ('08 – 71,639; '07 – 64,795)
• Sunday (Public): 71,852 ('08 – 71,166; '07 – 66,072)

In total, the show had 185,030 attendees, which is still nothing to sneeze at — unlike [tasteless gaming conference Swine Flu joke goes here].