When the revamped version of the Leipzig Games Convention, now known as Game Convention Online, announced this week they were expecting over 50,000 attendees we stated that in our opinion that was a tad optimistic. Today we were proven right as a press release from the now concluded three day event announced that 43,000 attendees made it to their first convention.

That's still some impressive first year numbers for a games convention that was devoted entirely to online and MMO gaming with little backing from the major game publishers. It was still slightly higher than the revamped E3's numbers of 41,000 attendees this year. The Games Convention Online's organizers stated they will be back in the summer of 2010 but specific dates were not announced.