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Sony's conference was brilliant. True, it started with all the TV/movie/music BS that we all just l-o-o-o-ved with Microsoft's disastrous Xbone reveal last month, and I could hear a collective groan in the gaming industry. Then it got better. For me, Final Fantasy XV and KH3 were the highlights of the games themselves - yes, I know both of those games are also coming to Xbone, but I'm getting them on PS4. Then Sony coming out in favor of consumer rights in sharp contrast, and as a direct counterpoint, to Microsoft's anti-consumer polcies was awesome. Sony really listened to its customers this time. The fact that the PS4 will be $100 cheaper was the icing on the cake. The crowning moment of Sony's E3 performance was their "Official PS4 Game-Sharing Video" with Shuhei Yoshida and Jack Tretton, which was a direct slap in the face against Microsoft.

I don't know if I'd go that far myself, but I'm definitely avoiding MS this generation. My brief flirtation with the 360 turns out to have been an aberration; I've been buying all my games in the past few years on PS3 rather than 360, along with Wii games, because Sony already caters to me better. With Microsoft's horrible policies, there's no reason for me to support them anymore.

Sony's video of how to share PS4 games went viral. Just as priceless are all the Wikipedia edits. In one, under "list of burn centers in the US", Sony was listed as a burn center for MS employees. Under the entry for Jack Tretton, it briefly said that Tretton was arrested for murder on June 10, 2013 for the brutal slaying of Microsoft's Xbox One!

Watching the Sony E3 presser on Youtube, I had a flashback to E3 1995. Sega announced that the Saturn, instead of launching in September of that year, had already shipped to retailers, hoping to steal a march on Nintendo and Sony.

Steve Race of Sony then proceeded to kill the Saturn in a few short minutes simply by uttering a single number: $299, $100 cheaper than the Saturn.

Mortal Kombat was, incidentally, the game that broke down a lot of American censorship barriers back in the 1990s.

I'd say, after today's conferences, that Microsoft is "Xboned."

Long live King Sony.

The Xbox One is about to become the next Sega Saturn.

I'm pretty sure Steve Ballmer is sweating profusely at the prospect of having to face his shareholders.

Hadoken? More like, "Sony wins. FATALITY."

That's exactly it, Brian. Microsoft got caught up in its own arrogance and hubris, a la Nintendo when they announced cartridges for the N64 and Sony when they announced a $600 price point for the PS3. The difference is, Sony was able to turn things around. I don't think MS is going to be able to turn this around.