CES 2010 biggest news: Microsoft’s and Sony’s keynotes
At CES 2010, A lot of news related to video games were unveiled during Microsoft’s and Sony’s press conferences. 3D gaming/TVs , the latest stats regarding the PS3 and the Xbox 360, Natal release date, Game Room details and pricing, and much more:
- Microsoft:
1. Over 39 million Xbox 360s sold around the world.
2. More than $20 billion spent at retail on the Xbox brand; with more than 500 million games have been sold since the launch of the first Xbox.
3. Project Natal is Scheduled to be available in holiday season 2010.
4. Nearly 10 million people have logged into Facebook, Twitter, Zune and Last.fm.
5. Over 20 Million Xbox Live Subscribers.
6. Relive the glory days of the classic arcade “Game Room” : Game Room coming to Xbox 360 and PC, with content from Atari, Konami, Intellivision and more. For 400 Microsoft Points. Or, to purchase a game for only one platform, each individual Xbox 360 or Windows-based PC title is 240 Microsoft Points. You also have the option to pay to play a single game, just like dropping two quarters in the slot in the old arcades, for 40 Microsoft Points. Visit your friends’ “game rooms” and try their games free before you buy. 1000 games being released throughout the next three years.
- Sony:
1. Sony sold more than 3.8 million Playstation units during the five weeks following November.
2. PSN has more than 38 million accounts around the world.
3. More than 780 million pieces of content have been downloaded per month.
4. This summer, new 3D Bravia TVs will be available. Also, 3D gaming will be a reality in the future, they showed Super Stardust HD in 3D.
5. Sony is integrating PSN ID with other Sony stuff: Starting next month, people will be able to use their PSN accounts to stream PSN-available movies in HD and SD directly to their Sony Bravia and blu-ray devices, as well as their Vaios and Windows-enabled PCs.
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dident they also mention that TVs 120 Hz and higher will be able to play 3D content?
i swear i remember hearing something about that, but every CES coverage i check has no mention of it.
i hope its true because im thinking of getting a sony Z5500 LCD TV which supports 200 Hz, because i cant wait till 3D TVs come out, my TV wont last that long.
i hope the Z series is 3D compatible because i really want to have a 3D compatible TV, and once i buy my new TV in a few weeks time i wont be buying another one for at least 5 years.
Posted on January 8th, 2010 at 8:42 am
I don’t know about the accuracy of the 120hz requirement, but it would seem to make sense if it were to allow for 60fps for each eye, thus making up a 3d image. The hdtv would have to support an input signal of higher than just 60fps in that case I would have thought.
Posted on January 9th, 2010 at 4:49 am
To add to what I said above, my conclusion is that you need to get an official “3D” hdtv rather than just one with a refresh rate of higher the 120hz. I may be wrong, but logic dictates that this seems to be the case.
Posted on January 9th, 2010 at 4:51 am
yea thats what i thought since the TV needs active shutters to turn the left or right signal off and on to create the 3D image, thats how they work switching off one signal than switching the other off and so on to create the image.
as far as i know normal 200Hz TVs like the Z5500 series does not have that capability.
but as i said i could swear i remember sony saying they would be at CES, more frustrating thing is i rang sony and asked they replied i have no idea.
went down to their showroom and same thing happened.
they make the TV but they dont know what it can and cant do.
thats useful!
Posted on January 9th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
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