My prediction for the AEE/AVN and Internext expo 2009!!!!!
 

is .. FAIL!

you attending ?

it will be interesting. Sebastian can you get us an honest head count? :)

I will be there. Just because it is 3 mins from my office/studio. I am not going even to AEE though. went for 8 years and this is the first time I am not interested at all. Last year was a big let down already and the phonecalls we keep getting from AVN pretty much begging to attend told me it is going to be even worse this year.

I am looking forward to this years Xbiz more then anything. They outperformed Internext in Vegas and were not greedy and made their show a HUGE succes.

Already had 2 phonecalls that I was right on the AEE prediction, nothing but a bunch of didlo sales men. No Wicked etc etc... I heard it is dead... I hope they can blow new life into this, but I have a bad feeling. It's the greed that doesn't help either if you ask me.

How exactly do you propose he does that?

I am thinking of not going either. I don't see it doing anything for me on the fun side or the business side.

damn, thats a shame. the first years I went was great in 2004 and 2005, but last year seemed a bit slower, but i figured thats because CES ended before AEE did so there were less fans

Wicked actually has a huge booth right near the front entrance to the show. Everyone said it was pretty slow today, the trade only day.

So much for hearsay.

I went today to the normal show and the B2B event downstairs. Yawnnnnnnnnnnnn. All the vendors are lame this year, and all the vendors downstairs are pawning stuff not even related to the industry.

So far, lame. Heres hoping the party at Jet is better.

B2B days are allways less foot traffic.

You do realize the first day is only for B2B? No fans or media in on the first day, vets should know this. I'm sure it's smaller than last year, but people still buy porn.

I miss the days we parked our 48 Foot wrapped 18 Wheeler at our Booth.
Open bar at our booth for the whole weekend with CyberErotica.

Good Times Fo sho!

I'm wishing them the best of luck!

Its been FAIL for like 3 yrs now.

I am here now at AEE and by the looks of the show floor it is a bomb waiting to go off. The isles are HUGE and the exhibitors are scarce. This event is finished as we know it.

THe thing is also AVN continues to just cater to Vivid, Wicked , Adam and Eve yada yada yad same compamies win awards because of advertising dollars. Forget abouty the thousands of small companies that really make up adult entertainment.

Maybe next year it will be a 3 or 4 exhibitor list. We will see how the fan days go but im not holding my breathe.

yeah, you are right. Robbie called me and told me some of the bigger ones are indeed there, but like Joe sai; AVN does play politics with guys like Wicked , Vivid etc.. it's getting old and I am sure the show will make some money from the people that over flow from CES to check out the half nekkid girls. But to call it a success I highly doubt that.

Media IS allowed in on the first day. No one ever knows what they are talking about on GFY.

OMG! :1orglaugh