CES 2007: Gaming Roundup 40
jasoncart writes "Traditionally, gaming's calendar year of expos, conventions, and trade shows doesn't generally kick off in earnest until March's fanfare arrival of the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, which thus opens the floodgates for a host of industry platform events. However, before July's new-fangled E3 Media and Business Summit (the now scaled back, renamed, and invitation-only E3 of legend) shifts into view alongside August's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), September's Tokyo Game Show (TGS), and the newly announced and ESA-endorsed Entertainment for All Expo in October (previously known as the Gamepro Expo), it falls to January's annual Consumer Electronics Show to whet our collective appetites-at least where related hardware is concerned."
Hey kids... (Score:2, Insightful)
The only time you have a failure is if that product continues to sit on shelf to the point it loses it's shelf space to another product. As far as one who makes products cares shipped = sold. To reiterate the problem is when retailers stop taking new orders. All of the kids thinking the first 1 1/2 months is all that matters likely also watch the first few laps of an F1 or NASCAR race deciding they know the outcome of that as well.
All I'm asking is to stop the stupidity. If you want to stay a fanboy that's fine. Man got to feel sorry for those guys selling BMWs I always see a lot full of them every time I drive by there!
Re:Hey kids... (Score:4, Insightful)
Ugh... bad headline/article matchup (Score:2, Insightful)
http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations /rd_2007honorees.asp?category=110 [cesweb.org]
This should hopefully give people a better idea to folks that there were a whole bunch of interesting gaming technology being shown there and that although Sony won best of category (http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovation s/rd_2007honorees.asp?boi=1 [cesweb.org]), they were just one of 11 honorees.
Hardly a roundup, if you just pick the fattest bull out of the herd and let the rest of the valuable cattle get away (the article did pay attention to the Headplay viewer, something I'm not sure made any honoree list.. basic searches don't come up with anything so far).
Also, CNet (http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-12760_7-6676861-1.ht ml?tag=bubbl_1 [cnet.com]) has their own awards too. I only mention them because they are at least the most officially attached media outlet to the event it seems.