Games higher-profile at CES '08

This year's electronics trade show to feature 65 percent more space dedicated to gaming in addition to annual Bill Gates keynote.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has made no secret of its desire to play a bigger role in the gaming industry. Last year the group, best known as the organizers of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, declared that it was looking into the possibility of a replacement show for the downsized Electronic Entertainment Expo. The CEA eventually balked at the notion, but did say it was still interested in the gaming market.

While the group still hasn't embraced the idea of a new gaming convention to replace E3, it did announce this week that gaming would play a larger role in the 2008 CES (taking place January 7-10) than in years past. The group is collecting game-related software and hardware into one location, with the total gaming exhibit space for the convention up more than 65 percent from that of CES 2007. There will also be game-related conference sessions at the show.

In addition to Microsoft and Sony, the game-related exhibitors will include names like Commodore Gaming, Entropia Universe, and InterAction Laboratories. As in years past, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will deliver an opening keynote address for the show.

21 Comments

  • rockygunner

    Posted Jan 14, 2008 8:03 pm PT

    Gaming rulez.

  • DarkStreetDev

    Posted Jan 6, 2008 10:13 pm PT

    Looking forward to the news.

  • Angelos13

    Posted Jan 6, 2008 1:40 pm PT

    Seeing as the videogames industry has become one of the most profitable ones in the world, i don't see any reason why they wouldn't support it as much as possible.

  • anzelm

    Posted Jan 5, 2008 8:53 am PT

    Will be interesting. Look forward to it.

  • vahid_xbox_360

    Posted Jan 5, 2008 8:53 am PT

    yeh cool man !!!!! in absence of E3 this is gonna be so awesome .

  • onlineps2player

    Posted Nov 1, 2007 4:00 am PT

    I'm looking forward to this year's CES for some tough announcements on HDTVs, and a little game info is also exciting! even at CES.

    oh wait , What will be after 1080p ????

  • YukoAsho

    Posted Oct 31, 2007 11:22 pm PT

    The irony is that E3 was formed because the gaming industry was sick and tired of being pushed to a corner and treated like a red-headed stepchild by the people running the CES. Oh how times change.

  • MichaeltheCM

    Posted Oct 31, 2007 7:25 am PT

    interesting....

  • thelegendlives5

    Posted Oct 31, 2007 6:50 am PT

    Good another chance to see more trailers of highly anticipated games.

  • Leige_a

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 11:06 pm PT

    The effect of a diminished E3 shows in the quality of games this year. I hope they put together a new commitee to assess the importance of this venue so that it can re-establish the essence of what E3 was: A TRADE SHOW - the event that gathers together the most creative and talented minds in the electronic entertainment industry to TRADE. secrets, plans and goals for the gaming future. The type of venue that BRINGS TOGETHER bitter industry rivals like SONY, MICROSOFT and NINTENDO into one show floor.

  • VenDaler

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 8:40 pm PT

    Game-o_O "Make sure to feature a lot of Japanese games, the ones made here are becoming quite the bore. (America)"

    First of all, there are a ton of games for u to make a statment like that... however, if Japanese games are more your thing, maybe we will see more once their big publishers step up their next-gen development. Capcom had the right idea. They made some good sales on the 360 early in the "next-gen".

  • Game-o_O

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 7:59 pm PT

    Make sure to feature a lot of Japanese games, the ones made here are becoming quite the bore. (America)

  • mikewalsh69

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 7:30 pm PT

    its about time people realised gaming is a really important industy. it becoming bigger than cinema so it should more recognition

  • jamil2nice

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 7:04 pm PT

    uh what?, E3 came off CES becoming over crowded with games back in the day, now they downsize E3 and fill CES again, logical?

  • ZOnikJJ

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:53 pm PT

    Very nice!

  • Zerosumgame

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:39 pm PT

    We are very desperate for entertainment, we need games to live, more games please.

  • LordSpleach

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:37 pm PT

    Bill Gates wants to control the world, yet he doesn't have the balls to swim across Lake Washington!

  • Jaeme

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:24 pm PT

    Commodore gaming? Not THE Commodore is it? as in Commodore 64?

  • McH0TTY

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:20 pm PT

    Bill Gates rulez.

  • Zelboy949

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:07 pm PT

    cool

  • AngelsongCA

    Posted Oct 30, 2007 5:58 pm PT

    E3's replacement? As rubbish as E3 was this year, it wouldn't be hard to do better than that.

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