This year has been rough, but the novel coronavirus isn’t going away any time soon. In Japan, for example, next February’s in-person Japan Amusement Expo has been canceled.
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Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO) is the industry event to show off the latest arcade hardware—as Siliconera points out, it’s the arcade equivalent of the Tokyo Game Show. Considering not only the proximity of event attendees but also that they would be touching the same arcade cabinets, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
As Siliconera reports, the Japanese arcade industry’s magazine summed up reasons why the physical event is being canned:
Even if the event were held, there would be only around 100 booths, which was about one-fifth of the previous Japan Amusement Expo. Considering all the precautions needed to prevent spread in the venue, holding the in-person show would have a greater cost burden.
