CES 2024 was expected to draw 130,000 people to Las Vegas.

CES 2025 tips and tricks: A guide to tech’s biggest trade show

CES 2025 is coming to Las Vegas during the week of January 5, and it will be one of the biggest tech expos in the world again.

This year’s show should be big again. Last year’s attendance reached 138,789, according to an audited report by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the group that puts on the show.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.