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Vorastra
Honorary Master
FiestaST
Honorary Master
Created Tech dropped their vid best of CES 2026
Those batteries have been available in SA for about a year now. Branded as enerc.
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
I used to like Cutress, but he did become an industry shill. Look, he knows what he is talking about, but he is also a PR plant.
Those observing the developments at CES aren't wrong. Cutress is right, CES isn't all about the consumers anymore.
What is CES about, hmmm, let's quote them:
www.ces.tech
Consumer segmentation is not simply household end users. In the enterprise business, they break it down into product leadership models, but then you look at ownership. In a simple 2-tier model, you have household consumers and you have business consumers. Household is personal use, and business is operational use.
What is changing at CES is that the enterprise business has become layered. We now have multiple enterprises in a chain to provide a service to an end user. A service is still a product. Users who subscribe to a content service, an AI service, an autonomous service, or any service, are still consumers. Here Cutress is right, but it is still about the consumers.
Not all consumers are gamers. Yes, gamers are being ignored, but gamers aren't where the money is right now. The corporate narrative will communicate the mindshare that is so desired.
Now, that said, there were some exciting gaming products announced. Some were also attached with services that could give you an advantage in gaming. The need, the NEED FOR AI. This will be the nail that will be hammered up until it is normalised. It could take 5 more years, until the end users accept it as normal.
Consumers aren't the trend leaders. Thought leaders are mostly, all, on payroll.
Those observing the developments at CES aren't wrong. Cutress is right, CES isn't all about the consumers anymore.
What is CES about, hmmm, let's quote them:
About CES
CES® is the most powerful tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators.
www.ces.tech
Consumer segmentation is not simply household end users. In the enterprise business, they break it down into product leadership models, but then you look at ownership. In a simple 2-tier model, you have household consumers and you have business consumers. Household is personal use, and business is operational use.
What is changing at CES is that the enterprise business has become layered. We now have multiple enterprises in a chain to provide a service to an end user. A service is still a product. Users who subscribe to a content service, an AI service, an autonomous service, or any service, are still consumers. Here Cutress is right, but it is still about the consumers.
Not all consumers are gamers. Yes, gamers are being ignored, but gamers aren't where the money is right now. The corporate narrative will communicate the mindshare that is so desired.
Now, that said, there were some exciting gaming products announced. Some were also attached with services that could give you an advantage in gaming. The need, the NEED FOR AI. This will be the nail that will be hammered up until it is normalised. It could take 5 more years, until the end users accept it as normal.
Consumers aren't the trend leaders. Thought leaders are mostly, all, on payroll.
If a water bottle with a fan on top made it to the best of CES, that tells you all you need to know...
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
The company name is Pioneer. Odd niche though. I don't see that product being all too durable here where we live with all the wind, dust, and sand.
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Sex sells. I am surprised by how well this was covered by IGN. I didn't even post the other products... masturbation products tied to gaming... human will human.
