Chapter 790: Debut at TGN
Many hardware manufacturers were racing against time to develop new devices. Although the Spring Festival was approaching, not a single company dared to slack off in the slightest.
After all, in the IT industry, time is life. If a product launches a few days later than a competitor's, it could lose a significant share of the market.
Many hardware manufacturers had set the release dates for their new smart devices right before the Spring Festival. The timeline was tight, but they had no choice.
Because players' expectations for new devices were growing day by day, whoever released a new product first would capture enough attention from players right away. If they launched late, unless their product had a unique positioning, it would easily be buried.
Many tech media outlets and manufacturers were frantically hyping things up to build momentum, trumpeting "the arrival of a new smart era" and looking forward to all sorts of cool smart devices that might appear. Some of these could be realized, while others were still difficult to achieve for now. But regardless, this trend had taken off.
With market demand in place, these hardware manufacturers had to produce results as quickly as possible, no matter what.
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On the other hand, the legend of *The Last of Us* continued.
So far, *The Last of Us* had won over twenty Game of the Year awards worldwide, large and small, almost without exception.
Moreover, *Uncharted* and *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds* were also making varied appearances on Game of the Year nomination lists, again without exception.
This had left many players, who had been eagerly anticipating the results, feeling a bit bored. After all, by the end, they didn't even need to think about it—the Game of the Year nominations would definitely include all three of these games, and the winner would inevitably be *The Last of Us*!
By now, people didn't even care much about the numbers anymore. They only cared about the final heavyweight gaming media outlet: TGN's Game of the Year!
As one of the most authoritative game review media in the world, many felt that TGN was the most significant award. Even if *The Last of Us* had taken every other Game of the Year award from all previous gaming media, missing out on TGN's Game of the Year would still be a flaw.
At the experience store.
Chen Mo arranged some matters for the Spring Festival period and then prepared to attend the TGN awards ceremony.
He could skip the other award ceremonies, but he had to go to TGN. After all, it was considered the most prestigious.
The host's speaking pace was neither fast nor slow, and he dragged out the suspense: "I announce that this year's most popular game among players is... Thunder Game Studio's *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*!"
Amid the enthusiastic applause from the audience, Chen Mo stood up from his seat and walked to the stage.
He was wearing a well-fitted suit, looking very sharp. However, what surprised everyone was the pair of glasses on his head.
The glasses were moderately sized, eye-catching, but not bulky or cumbersome. From the front, they looked a bit like goggles, but without the ugly frames. Additionally, the glasses had some other devices on the sides near the ears and at the back of the head, giving them a highly technological feel.
They somewhat resembled the design of the Fiora skin from the "Project" line, but more understated.
Many players watching in front of their screens were a bit stunned by Chen Mo's new look.
"Whoa, what the hell are those glasses? Pretty cool, though."
"Prescription glasses? Goggles? Neither fits. Looks like smart glasses..."
"Nice design, but they can't just be for protecting eyesight, right?"
"Could it be... the latest tech product? Why haven't I heard of any company developing glasses like this?!"