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What CES 2012 Means For Gaming

CES, or the Consumer Electronics Show, kicks off today for 2012. It’s an annual electronics trade show that’s held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Although it’s got nothing to do with games directly, it does affect gaming in a few various ways and it’s interesting to see how that might happen this week. Here’s what we can expect.

DesVader5254d ago

Man, I hope they give us more about the nextgen Xbox. I am dying to know more about it other than the large amount of speculation at the moment. Last show was all about 3D Tvs if I remember correctly. Wonder what the "golden boy" of the show is going to be this year.

granthinds5254d ago

I think tablets will be the golden boy.

darthv725254d ago

have been done to death it seems. I think ultra high def will be the thing this year.

1080p will be the entry point now instead of the res to aspire to achieve. If anything 1080p will be the standard like 480p was at one time and gave way to 720p.

dark-hollow5254d ago (Edited 5254d ago )

Meh... 3d... what a waste of resources!

Tv companies should focus on bringing OLED and 4K tvs to the mainstream.

Jobesy5254d ago

Maybe glasses-free 3D tv?

specialguest5254d ago (Edited 5254d ago )

This year LG will introduce their 84" Ultra Definition TV at 3840 x 2160 resolution. Don't expect this to be available and affordable for the general consumers until 2015-16. Tv makers still have OLED and 3D to milk the consumers with until then.

My prediction for the later future is after 4K ultra definition displays become a norm, the next step will probably be holographic displays.

hellvaguy5253d ago

My not ever see a hypothetical holographic tv is our lifetimes. Even in the Star Wars films, the holograms were grainy, mono-colored, and only displayed 1 person.

specialguest5253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

In our life time? The remaining of my life time is about 50 yrs(that's a lot of years in tech growth time), and I believe it's possible. There's already holographic technology demonstrating color, and some tech are even interactive. The problem is that todays tech are only suitable for corporate/business presentations, and are either large or too expensive.

Large scale: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Small scale: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
(click to 0:22 to see more than one color. This may not be the ideal sci-fi holographic tech we invisioned where we could see the image at a 360 view with no distortion, but it's a start.)

There may not be a lot of colors displayed there, but given enough time, realistic colors will be the natural progression with this technology.

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gigreen5254d ago

Hoping to see more OLED TVs being introduced. The technology is great but there isn't much to choose from on the market.

dark-hollow5254d ago

Just wait till samsung kicks in seriously in the AMOLED HDTVs business.

Samsung are just too darn awesome these days!
Totally the king of electronics.

OC_MurphysLaw5254d ago

I am hoping we see some good steps in the glasses free 3D TV avenue. I also wouldn't be shocked to see MS partner with a TV maker for a Kinect TV integrated with a 360 or PC. Given their direction that seems like a logical step for them.

caperjim5254d ago

I hope microsoft reveals in detail how windows 8 will incorporate xbox live. New info on Microsofts "universal gaming portal" should be shown also.

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Lenovo pitches all-in-one B540 PC for gaming and entertainment

While all-in-one PCs aren't exactly high on the wish lists of mainstream PC gamers, Lenovo rep Michael Littler believes his company's IdeaCenter B540 might do the trick.

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Unit 13 PS Vita – Hands On Gameplay Walkthrough

Unit 13 Associate Producer Ara Demirjian gives the guys over at LazyTechGuys a quick look at the new third person shooter title, Unit 13 for the PS Vita.

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remanutd555225d ago

did he say Unit 13 will be available 2 weeks after vita launch ?

farhad2k85225d ago

I really hope they announce some sort of Multiplayer Competitive patch with in that time. It's the only thing stopping me from buying it I'm afraid. It looks like a really nice game though, and I love my shooter games! Especially Zippers games!

ritsuka6665225d ago

Sigh... its so sad to see Zipper go down this path (nothing against Vita, I'm just talking in general compared to the glory days of SOCOM II)

farhad2k85225d ago

I guess this will make us wait for Socom even more! I really hope they do a PS2 remake of some sort, they had the best Socom titles in my opinion!

Derekvinyard135225d ago

zipper is pissing me off with this. make a socom on vita

Kyosuke_Sanada5225d ago (Edited 5225d ago )

Unfortunately, Zipper already announced that they will never make another Socom game. Now it is replaced with yet another shooter that gives you a gold star for every little action you do like gamers are in kindergarten.

At least they changed the name finally, so Socom fans won't feel like they've been lied to again....

@ momthemeatloaf

You are right, I got their statement mistaken due to me not checking in the Socom boards since I left over a year ago but still it's a damn shame...

XboxInnovation5225d ago

lol they never said that, they said they had no plans to bring back a classic Socom game in HD.

brettyd5225d ago

i wouldn't even care is Zipper never made another SOCOM game, they killed that great franchise with S4. I hope Sony has some one else make the next game and bring the franchise back to its glory days.

gamingisnotacrime5225d ago (Edited 5225d ago )

I just tried the vita at gamestop
Really dissapointing. I dont think sony did anything wrong, but thevita will not do well since it has limited use besides gaming. Maybe a smartphone like vita will do well sometime in the future. Of course I understand in the present it would be too expensive

josephayal5225d ago

Looks amazing! Is a Gaming PC in ur hands

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Lenovo rep recommends 'Y'-series laptops for gaming

Lenovo's 'Y' series of laptops is recommended for gaming and entertainment. At least, that's what company representative Michael Littler expressed at the 2012 CES when he was asked to show News10's Game Guys what Lenovo has in the way of upcoming computers for gamers.

ATi_Elite5227d ago (Edited 5227d ago )

not bad but he didn't give any solid CPU/gpu specs.

looks to have quality sound.

xAlmostPro5227d ago

I work with computers a fair bit, lenovo's are always popping up with faults. I'll pass :)

h311rais3r5227d ago

In other words "Y" bother lol

kevnb5227d ago

No thanks, msi, asus and even alienware are miles ahead. yes i said alienware, they are much better than some people think for price to performance ratio... just check the notebook review forums.