Gamertell

CNet begins its CES gaming wrapup by stating, “CES 2008 wasn’t a very big show for gamers.” Screw that and your anemic wrapup. I wasn’t even there and I know there were plenty of game related goodies to be viewed this year. Big deal if there weren’t a lot of game developers. This isn’t even their expo.

For my CiN Weekly magazine column that printed this past week (January 16, 2008), I listed many of the more noteworthy game-related announcements from CES 2008. Like most, I included Nyko’s wireless Nunchuck attachment for the Wii (though it was not my top item), a laptop or two and a monitor mention, but there was much more than that.

• You have the Bill Gates keynote where he talks about some Xbox 360 features and finished by rocking down to Rock Band with Robbie Bach.
• Announcements by Sony and Microsoft
• Alienware’s DLP RPTV oversized curved display
• Nintendo and Atari won Emmys
• Pyramat audio chairs
• TN Games 3rd Space line of tactile game garbli>
• Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker
• Atlantic’s Transformer Gaming Center
• Gateway first gaming laptop
• A few game tidbits including more Games for Windows games, Prototype will be the first game to feature Neural-THX 7.1 Surround Sound and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots had a sign above it that read: “Exclusive title for the PlayStation 3 support the new DualShock 3 controller.”
• 16 GB Memory Stick Duo
• There was even a console that plays both NES and SNES carts

For a non-gaming show when a new console is not being released, that’s a fair amount of “not very big” stuff.

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