As I See Tech

To those who own game consoles, you know very well why they should last a long time. Unlike smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops, which have 3 to 5 year life cycles, game console life cycles are estimated at 6 to 8 years. In my opinion, XBox One X just about got it right.

2010 has been a great year for technology in general affecting various sectors and cultural groups around the world. Here is As I See Tech's rundown of the best technologies for gamers that made remarkable achievements in 2010...

If you've seen the 2002 movie Minority Report , you know exactly what the "Minority Report interface" is. In that popular scene, detective John Anderton (played by Tom Cruise) and his team, in a race against time, worked on a transparent glass widescreen to browse and search through a collection of the precogs' digitized prophecies, supposedly containing visual clues that could lead to a crime that would happen at a specific time in the future. The plot seemed far fetched enough, but what really placed the audience in awe was the way Anderton was literally gesturing his commands to the computer. It was enough to tickle a lot of fancies and imagination. It was the ultimate inspiration for how we should be interacting with our computers in the future.

I was finally able to try out Kinect last weekend. I played the Kinect Adventures and the Kinect MotionSports games. It was fun and very, very, very tiring. Good thing our good host served food that night. Otherwise, I would have given up after the first game!

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of game consoles and games to buy or upgrade to. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

If there's one thing that's truly exciting in the gaming world this year, it's got to be Microsoft's Kinect for the XBox 360 which launched this month to stores in the US.

The Playstation Move is Sony's answer to Nintendo's Wiimote and Microsoft's Kinect . I've tried playing PS3 Move with one of its flagship game called the Sports Champions . The technology and the game are amazing, fun and simply (highpitch) awesome!