Reviews of the Gstar, Korea Electronics Show 2008 expos
2008/12/03 23:02Similar to reviews of last year’s event, the Korea Electronics Show 2008 continued to struggle to bring in more well known exhibitors:
``Where are Sony, Philips and Panasonic? It's not an international show. Without such bigger foreign players,'' an official from Mitsubishi told The Korea Times.
``I saw some foreigners and they said this year's show failed to draw much attention in the global electronics industry as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are the only players showing off their latest products, but no new developments,'' Kim Jin-geom, who runs a small exporting company said.
Meanwhile, Gamasutra had a review of the recent Gstar game expo which also is perceived to have a mixed purpose for companies and consumers:
Unfortunately, the major, though absolutely unstated reason I perceive for Gstar’s existence, that is to say to promote the Korean industry to the world, is also the place that the show continues to need improvement.
The event does little to engage the foreign audience in a meaningful way, and because of the same problem of being able to play an open beta from anywhere in the world, there is little reason for foreign press to attend.
