Sony's unveiling of the PlayStation 3 console at an E3 press conference marked the first official acknowledgement of a system whose details have been kept highly secret for the last year. More than 2,000 industry professionals packed the venue, with one question firmly on their minds: how would Sony's PS3 stack up against arch nemesis Microsoft's Xbox 360? After all, Microsoft stole Sony's PR thunder with a flashy prime-time MTV special, and its console, due out this holiday season, will beat Sony's to market by almost six months..



Link: CNET