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Nintendo at PAX East this year had about 30 consoles set up for mario kart, and tangentially a pokemon card game setup. No new releases or anything to promote t

Nintendo at PAX East this year had about 30 consoles set up for mario kart, and tangentially a pokemon card game setup. No new releases or anything to promote that isn't already heavily monetized. I'd say the floor of pax was about 20 percent emptier than last year, which was already abouu 30 percent emptier than pre-covid. Indie area was down by about half which was the biggest writing on the wall to me. Tabletop still going strong, but the vendors associated with them where also hit hard.

musicale 4y ago
Hmm, 20% emptier than last year sounds bad for PAX East. I wonder if will die like PAX South. PAX West 2022 was larger than 2021 and seems to have had a more solid Nintendo presence, with prerelease Splatoon 3 and multiple Nintendo VS tournaments, as well as a number of third-party playable games. There was also a large Pokémon TCG area on the show floor. Perhaps West is a good venue for Nintendo of America since it is more local to their HQ in Redmond. I think there might be another big company near there also, though I'm not sure whether they will ever return to PAX etc..