This was published on January 30. 3-0 = 3. Half-Life 3 confirmed.

@dmastor @Phange_2 Apple has products that, by their very nature, are desirable to consumers. Microsoft doesn't have the luxury of brand loyalty.

Sony came to E3 and appeared apologetic for past transgressions and took the stance of catering to the gamer and the consumer instead of some nebulous "all in one experience". Microsoft came across as undeservedly arrogant and unabashedly unapologetic about its stances on digital rights.

In the end, Sony gave consumers the two things they want most - the most powerful console, and the cheapest console. All the rest was merely filler for what is truly the meat and potatoes of salesmanship - give the consumer what they're asking for, and don't pretend that you have the clout to define the consumer's demands for them (unless you're Apple, I guess)

Microsoft has utterly delusional public relations. These are the same people who (still) arrogantly run Surface RT tablet ads that poke fun at iPad. These are the same people who vehemently insisted that the removal of the Start button on the Desktop Mode of Windows 8 was a step forward (why even HAVE a desktop mode if you're going to remove its functionality?). These are the same people who proclaimed "iPod is dead" when they launched Zune.

Microsoft is a company whose message is designed solely to please a bunch of old suits in a board room who are utterly out of touch with reality.

So the Vita version has all the content of the console versions, plus the "exclusive" Wii U touch control levels, plus five extra levels.... and is $20 cheaper? And runs at 60 fps? And we're complaining? Are we entitled or what?

@grbolivar "full price". You mean $39.99 for exactly the same game that goes for $59.99 on consoles?

@juboner Sure it is. And the tech behind a Nokia Lumia is better than an iPhone but you don't see me rushing out to get one.

@Gatman32 Yes and 100 Million Wii's sold. I suppose there's a huge market for the Wii U then, too?

@bluefox755 To be fair, the PS2 sold quite literally six times as many units as the original Xbox. 150 Million to 25 Million.

I honestly think it doesn't particularly matter which system you get - suffice it to say that $100 isn't significant over the course of 5+ years, and unless you're attracted to either Sony's or Microsoft's exclusives, you're essentially getting the same game selection on either system. The era of highly unique game selections ended halfway into the PS2/Xbox/GCN era, when third party developers realized they simply made more money by making games for everything.