Sony definitely has my eyes and ears this year, though I will surely watch the MS conference, if only to see if they either climb out of the proverbial ditch they have dug themselves or only dig themselves deeper.

*Announcing for the first time on this stage exclusive content for the Xbox One, available when you pre-order Dogs of... I mean COD: Ghosts, a cat skin for your animal sidekick, for all you cat lovers out there!

Joking aside, though I am currently in favor of the PS4, I want to see what both companies have to offer and will do my best to catch both conferences live.

It's always been Nintendo and Microsoft. I have barely even watched the Sony press conferences beyond maybe 20 minutes tops and the Sony game trailers after the fact.

Last year was the first year where I didn't even care about E3 at all. It was weird. I didn't even watch any of the press conferences. Now I'm ready to book that day just for Sony and Bungie. Doesn't mean I'm gonna get a PS4 or 3 or anything like that, but they definitely have my attention and a chance at my business. How's everyone else feeling about June 10? :D

I feel pretty much the same. This is a whole new ballgame.

Last time I gave a shit about E3 was maybe 2004 with the Halo 2 demo and fanfest shenanigans. I never paid much attention to Sony but Microsoft is looking MIGHTY weak this year without Bungie to pilot their flagship. By far the best thing to come out of the XBone reveal has been the internet's reaction.

It's always been Nintendo and Microsoft. I have barely even watched the Sony press conferences beyond maybe 20 minutes tops and the Sony game trailers after the fact.

Last year was the first year where I didn't even care about E3 at all. It was weird. I didn't even watch any of the press conferences. Now I'm ready to book that day just for Sony and Bungie. Doesn't mean I'm gonna get a PS4 or 3 or anything like that, but they definitely have my attention and a chance at my business. How's everyone else feeling about June 10? :D

Same here. Destiny has put Sony and the PS4 on my radar. That, and my reaction to the information about the Xbone so far.

That said, if Bungie were to announce a Mac version that'd be my first choice right now. Not sure if I'd consider the Windows route, but who knows, the more we know about the upcoming consoles, the better that might look.

No backwards compatibility? Well, great, so when my 360s finally fail, there goes my game collection.
Internet connection requirement? Even the "once every 24 hours" thing bugs me, and I'm sure it would eventually cause me a problem.

What we know so far about how games will work does not excite me, as it provides far more advantage to MS and publishers than it does to the end-user. So far, it seems all I get out of the deal is that I can play installed games without the disc. Big whoop. In order to get that, I must:

Install the game
Link it to an account
Maintain my console's online presence

I cannot:

Buy a used game from a friend and play it for a mutually agreed-upon price
Lend a game to a friend
Borrow a game from a friend

Those restrictions might be acceptable if the ecosystem had a way for me to sell my game license, online, through an open market, and to use that credit to buy games from others. If what MS wants to do is disintermediate GameStop to give themselves a cut of the action while increasing convenience for end-users, then I say fine: have at it. Heck, that would probably encourage me to buy and sell games used, which I currently don't do. Only one of the 360 games I bought was used.

However, it looks like they are not going to do that. They won't risk alienating their traditional retail channels, so if you can even buy and sell used games, it'll probably be through existing retail channels, and MS will just slap their cut on top by charging the buyer of used games an activation fee.

If the activation fee is 100% of the cost of a new game, that will likely depress that market (which won't bother MS one damn bit). Used game prices will fall because of the additional fee. On top of that, I assume now that MS would assume responsibility for scratched media purchased through approved 3rd party retail clients? If what MS is really selling is a game license, and not game media, why should anyone have to shell out more cash to replace damaged or defective media?

Or is the whole "we're not selling, we're granting a license" thing only relevant when it helps the platform holders?

Blech. I may have to backpedal on some of my defense of consoles. I'd thought people proclaiming the death of consoles were being a bit hasty, but perhaps they aren't.

Originally I had thought that Bungie was just showing some initial preference for Sony in order to cement the relationship. I thought we'd hear more about the versions of Destiny for MS platforms later on-- including exclusive content.

I may have been wrong about that. Bungie is again going to show more of their game off at E3, in conjunction with Sony. There's still no mention of equivalent exclusive content for MS platforms, and even through we now know Destiny will be on the Xbone, there's been no announcement for PC/Mac. I had thought the former was holding up the latter, but it looks like I may have been wrong about that, too.

Also I thought the callout for Activision on the new trailer was goddamn hilarious. "The company that brought you Call of Duty"? Really, guys?

I have a better idea. Just call yourself "Those Guys Who Are Not Electronic Arts".

It's fair to say that MS is fighting an uphill battle at this point. They are going to need a spectacular showing at E3 to make up their lost ground. However, they are 6 months behind on game development, so it's not looking good for them at all.

Sony could win a ton of consumers if they make the right decisions. They have the advantage of foresight because they know the reaction they will receive if they go the direction of MS.

E3 will be exciting to watch, but I am more excited about seeing the reaction to everything presented.

I like what they're doing with the XBO. Snap is a feature I've wanted, and nothing Microsoft is doing to hinder used game sales will affect me.

Up until now, Microsoft was an easy choice because of Halo. Yeah, 343 Industries made mistakes, but I still plan to get Halo 5. So I intend to stick with Microsoft, since Destiny is multi-platform and, well, Sony doesn't have any exclusives I'm interested in.

I've watched Sony conferences before, just out of curiosity, but yeah--this time I'm excited to see the Destiny bit.