Why I am more excited for the PS4, pre-pre-emptively

I was listening to the most recent Bombcast today, hearing them lay out their somber predictions for the next generation of consoles with all the excitement you might bring to a goddamn baby funeral, when I suddenly decided that, even though I will probably buy the next XBOX, I am, as of now, more excited to hear about the next PlayStation.

Why? It's all about possibility. (That could even be their dumb slogan.)

Between 4k and Gaikai, I think Sony is in a perfect position to announce one of their trademark "batshit crazy next-gen pipe dreams that may never actually come to pass." And I mean that in a good way.

I'm sure Microsoft's next system will be good. But all the things they're virtually required to support at this point to maintain their status quo as market leader - the "not always online" plurality, the established money-well of Kinect gaming, (even fucking Windows 8 probably still has to be in there) - leaves them without a lot of room to be surprising.

Sony, on the other hand, could easily say something like "The Last Guardian still exists, and now it's in 4k---!" or "here's a Gaikai-only MMO that simulates the entire goddamn planet on a supercomputer streaming out of a bunker somewhere!" which, even if they turn out to be complete digital locker nonsense, would at least be really fun to hear about at an E3, for a change. You know-- unexpected and fun.

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Remember fun?

(That could also be their dumb slogan. I expect two checks.)