This year's E3 will present a two-company title bout the likes of which we haven't seen since... well... the first HD consoles were revealed nearly a decade ago. With the next generation PlayStation and Xbox on the horizon, Microsoft and Sony are preparing to duke it out in hopes of securing next-gen domination. E3 is their ring.
In 2006, Sony started this generation out with a massive stumble. Full of bravado following the historic success of PlayStation 2 – a console that has gone on to outsell Xbox and GameCube combined three times over – Sony took its unprecedented success for granted. It quickly found out that a ridiculous price point alone could sink the PS3's fortunes, and it nearly did. Only a steady stream of excellent exclusives and a timely series of price drops culminating with the release of PS3 Slim saved it from falling into a distant third place, and perhaps even into relative obscurity.
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