Kinect motion technology could help Microsoft compete effectively against Nintendo Wii that uses a physical controller to play a game while the Kinect allows users to play game without a handheld device.

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Whether it's soccer, a family night board game, or a handheld electronic device-playing challenges us to overcome long odds, tell compelling stories, and work with or against one another.

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The company will be showcasing a new stand-alone device -- the portable Nintendo 3DS. The handheld game is expected to feature glasses-free 3-D, which has hardcore gamers wondering just what 3-D on a small screen will look like.

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Sure, you can still snag a handheld device from Sony or Nintendo, but today's video game industry is far more diverse.

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It will have a feature called remote play, in which you run the game on the PlayStation, which then sends the video to your handheld PlayStation Vita device over the Internet so you can play remotely.

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