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.
Microsoft did all of Sony's work for them. Sony just had to sit back, watch, and they were ready at every turn at E3. They just did to the Xbone what they did to the Saturn. Microsoft got sodomized.
Sony just made the Xbone its bitch.
