A Mea Culpa on Games and Displays
by Omid Rahmat
Appealing to gamers is appealing to entertainment consumers.
Tags:Consoles| Game monitors| Microsoft| Nintendo| sony| TVs
German Consumer Electronics and IT Products Markets Have Rough First Quarter
by Omid Rahmat
Console sales grew by 64.2% but not much else in Q1’23. And who are all the people still buying CDs and Blu-Ray discs?
Tags:Consoles| Germany| Laptops| market research| PCs| Smartphones| tablets
AMD Unveils New Ryzen Z1 Series Processors for High-Performance Handheld PC Gaming Consoles, Partners with Asus for Launch of Asus ROG Ally
by Shawnee Blackwood
The Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme processors offer up to 8 cores and 16 threads, delivering impressive visuals and outstanding battery life.
Tags:AMD| Asus| Consoles| GPU| Ryzen
Sony led a big jump in video-game hardware sales in the US
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg said that there are signs of better supply for PS5 consoles and that this had meant a boost in US games hardware sales to $1.3 billion. The number is based …
Tags:Consoles| Market Data| PlayStation| sony
Forecast: US connected video devices to top 1.1 Billion
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Advanced TV published a forecast from Kagan for internet-connected video devices in the US that predicts a CAGR of 2.3% from 2021-26 with around 8.5 devices per household remaining broadly static …
Tags:Consoles| Forecasts| Market Data| OTT Video| Smartphone Market| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
Niantic Shows AR Prototype & Nreal Air Supports Consoles
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We saw a couple more items after Qualcomm’s announcements last week. 9to5Google reported that Niantic showed a prototype of its new (“Not final”) design for an AR headset using the new Snapdragon …
Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Consoles
Pimax Adds a Console that Becomes a Headset
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Several weeks ago, VR headset maker Pimax released a new device that is called the Pimax Portal that has been described as a Nintendo Switch that can be used for VR. …
Tags:Consoles| | HDR - High Dynamic Range| MiniLED| Rec 2020| Virtual Reality| WiGIG
Razer and Verizon Unveil the Razer Edge 5G – the Ultimate 5G Handheld Gaming Device
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We reported on a Qualcomm reference design for a handheld gaming device and the first partner was Razer, so it is not surprizing that Razer has developed a device, the Razer …
Tags:Cloud Gaming| Consoles| OLEDs| Qualcomm| Verizon
Google Shutting Stadia – Logitech Goes for Cloud Gaming
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Google is shutting down its Stadia cloud gaming platform from January 2023 it said in a blog post. Specialists in gaming suggest that the service suffered from a weak selection of …
Tags:Cloud Gaming| Consoles| Google
Samsung Ark Monitor is very Curved
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Samsung Electronics has a new 55″ 1000R curved UltraHD gaming display with 165Hz refresh and a new controller. The ‘Quantum miniLED’ backlight has 14 bits of control and Samsung said that …
Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors|
Links Week Starting 15th August 2022
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …
Tags:Aviation| Broadcast| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage Software| Foldable Devices| Germany| Glass| Investment| LED| Market Data| PlayStation| | Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Spain| Supply Chain| Video Processors
Games Market to Decline in 2022
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Highlighting a research report from Ampere Analysis, Protocol Entertainment dug into the tough coming year for the games business, especially console makers Microsoft and Sony. What We Think As I have …
Tags:Consoles| Forecasts| | Market Data
