How big and important is GamesCom when compared to E3 or TGS?

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thekitchensink said:

non-gravity said:
"With 183,000 visitors, 2,600 journalists and 368 exhibitors from 25 countries in 2006, the Games Convention rivals the Tokyo Game Show as the biggest games event in the world."

I know it isn't Leipzig any more, but still.

Is it open to the public?  Because that's roughly triple the size of E3, which doesn't sound right at all.

 

I'd never heard of GamesCom before the last week or so, personally.

As sully said, it is open to public.

 

And actually it's roughly quintuple the size of this years E3 ^^