Sony had everything to gain and still found a way to lose. I’m not used to the favorite squandering an opportunity like they did last night. Today’s press conferences were much much better. Nintendo was smart to hold price and date information on the Wii, in order to take some wind out of Sony’s sails this Fall. And I’m totally buying one. It’s not so much the software as it is the brilliance of the hardware. Wii Connect 24 is so great it’s almost obvious – pushing content rather than pulling from the client. Especially what I’m going through right now on the XBL Marketplace, I can’t even connect. It will be nice to just wake up and have new content on my Wii. That sounded weird.

Microsoft proved that it’s all about the games, and man did they roll out a killer lineup. But someone screwed up – Peter Moore is going to be ticked off to hear he got the GTA tattoo for nothing, since it’s going to be released simultaneously for the PS3 as well. But looks like they read my blog on episodic content, because they’re following my concept line-by-line. Buy the retail product, supplement with downloadable content without ruining the experience for those who opt out.

So that’s it. The show is over for all I care. Microsoft kills Sony, and now I have to clear some space in my basement for doubles tennis on the Wii.