Although CES 2013 lacked many of technology’s heavy hitters (Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.), the show’s gaming content was getting lots of buzz. Nvidia’s Project Shield took many gadget geeks by surprise. More details were revealed about Valve’s Steam Box, which many pundits feel has the potential to radically change the gaming landscape. Lastly, Razer’s Edge tablet (which started out as Project Fiona) got a lot of attention from gamers looking for a powerful and versatile Windows 8 solution. (Personally, I can’t think of the product without thinking of Scott Hall’s finishing maneuver.)
Now that you’ve had a week to think about it, which CES 2013 gaming device impressed you the most? Which one has rocketed to the top of your wish list? Kindly vote in today’s poll and discuss in the comments section.
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Valve has the most upside in this because they already have the Steam network of games already established. If there is anything that I’ve learned in the game industry is that hardware comes and goes, but content is king.
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Project Shield has Android games and select Steam games. Edge has Windows games. So it’s not like those devices will be without content. These days, services are nearly as important as software. How content is delivered has an impact on the size of the audience.
Edge also have a blazing 1.5 hours of gaming time. And with the current lolprice of 1500$ im sure this thing is a freaking joke. 250$ for the damn controller? They must be tossing jokes around. It actually is closer to 1600$, for a damn tablet.
Steam Box beats that with not being a tablet.
And finally the best announcment of them all. Nvidia Project Shield.
It is by far the superior product as something new of the bunch. Able to stream all your steam games to your device, better battery, and best of all, it’s using Android.
it supports native output and playback of 4K resolution video over HDMI.
4k res? Yawn. That is important once the TVs cost less than a grand.
Streaming PC games to a controller with a 5inch screen? Yawn.
The Edge price should really be compared to gaming PCs, not tablets. Also, Project Shield doesn’t work with all Steam games.