Paris Games Week

Paris Games Week
StatusActive
GenreVideo games
VenueParis expo Porte de Versailles
Location(s)Paris
Coordinates48°49′48″N 2°17′10″E / 48.830°N 2.286°E / 48.830; 2.286
CountryFrance
Inaugurated27 October 2010; 13 years ago (2010-10-27)
Most recent5 November 2023; 11 months ago (2023-11-05)
Attendance317,000 (2019)
Organized bySELL
Websitewww.parisgamesweek.com/en

Paris Games Week, or simply PGW, is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. It is organised by SELL (Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs), a French organisation that promotes the interests of video game developers.

With 317,000 visitors for the 2019 edition, the show is the second most popular trade show in Europe[1] and one of the world's most visited video game trade shows, ahead of E3 in the United States (66 100 visitors in 2019[2]) and the Tokyo Game Show in Japan (262,076 visitors in 2019[3]), but behind Gamescom in Germany (373,000 visitors in 2019[4]) and the Taipei Game Show in Taiwan (over 320,000 visitors in 2019[5]).

  1. ^ Arts, Electronic (2016-10-26). "All you need to know about the Paris games week". Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  2. ^ "E3 2019 Attendance Falls Compared To Last Year". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  3. ^ "TGS 2019 tops 262,076 visitors". Gematsu. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  4. ^ Schneider, Peer; Graeber, Brendan; Claiborn, Samuel; Moreupdated, +17 6k (2012-06-13). "Attendance and Stats - Gamescom Guide". IGN. Retrieved 2024-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Taipei Game Show". LinkedIn.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)