The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES for short, is always a huge event for tech journalists, websites, and enthusiasts alike. When our own Scott Michaud heard that Microsoft would be making this year’s show its last, we had some minor doubts about where the show was going to go. Once the show got underway; however, all doubts about CES wavering were put to rest.

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was simply massive. According to PC World, not only was CES 2012 huge but it was the largest show ever! The Consumer Electronics Association announced that of the 44 year history of the show, 2012 was a huge success with increases in attendance, products, and show floor area. The amount of floor space increased to 1.9 million square feet where 3,100 companies came out to show off their new products. Including our own dedicated CES team, there were 153,000 people in attendance.

The show further resulted in 20,000 new products being shown off and more than a 33 % increase in news ideas with 2,000+ news articles being written about cool products, expensive, products, and even some questionable products.

The CEA is considering the show a huge success, and as you can see from the numbers they announced, the show is growing despite Microsoft leaving. New vendors are likely to show up and now that MS is (for now anyway) leaving, it opens up a slot for someone else to put on a great show for tech enthusiasts. Here’s hoping CES 2013 continues to grow, and that they install some of those fancy walking sidewalks or supply Segways!

On the off chance that you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, we have assembled tons of articles, photos, and videos of this years CES 2012 that you can catch up on at pcper.com/ces! I know that Ryan, Josh, Matt, and Ken are still in recovery mode from little steep and lots of walking; however, we will be hitting 2012 hard with more news, more reviews, and more tech industry coverage. We’d like to thank everyone for a good 2011 and welcome both old and new readers to the site as we move forward into 2012!

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