E3 2013: PlayStation 4

Sony unveils the PlayStation 4, sporting a look that seems designed to evoke their last unqualified success - the PS2. Aesthetics aside, the making of this system was the dying minutes of Sony's E3 conference. Jack Tretton swaggered onto the stage to announce that Sony is pursuing zero used game restrictions on their console, prompting the biggest cheer of the expo so far. He quickly followed up with a systematic dismantling of the anti-consumer policies Microsoft has in place, only wobbling with the news that PS4 online will be behind the PlayStaion Plus paywall. Sony might not have a mind-zapping exclusive to rival something like Respawn's Titanfall, but the rhetoric we heard last night indicates a company interested in listening to their customers, and delivering on what's expected of them.