Gamescom: around 345 000 visitors in 2015, videos

Gamescom 2015 took place last week in Cologne (Germany), and from the looks of it, it was a real success with around 345 000 visitors (including 33 200 trade visitors, +5%) this year. Those came from 96 different countries: to be more precise, 52% of them were from outside Germany. In total, 806 companies (from 45 countries) were at Gamescom this year, which is an increase of 14% compared to 2014.

As for Gamescom 2016, it will take place on August 17 – 21 in Cologne.

Here’s some raw numbers:

Attendance figure

2015: 345,000
2014: 335,000

No. of trade visitors:

2015: 33,200
2014: 31,500

Internationality of visitors:

2015: 96 countries
2014: 88 countries

Number of exhibitors:

2015: 806
2014: 703

Internationality of exhibitors:

2015: 65 percent share of foreign exhibitors from 45 countries
2014: 62 percent share of foreign exhibitors from 47 countries

Exhibition space (incl. event level)

2015: 193,000 sqm
2014: 163,500 sqm

Journalists:

2015: 6,000
2014: 6,000

Visitors at gamescom city festival:

2015: 150,000
2014: 130,000

Finally, here’s a video of the Nintendo booth being set up:

Nintendo Germany also uploaded some recaps videos on YouTube, but since they’re only available in German, we are not going to post them here.

Source: Gamescom