According to the San Jose Mercury News, Microsoft has quietly circulated the specifications for its next-generation Xbox video-game console, giving a glimpse for the first time of the internal architecture of the console.
At Sony Computer Entertainment's pre-E3 press conference, the company shocked the industry with the announcement of a new handheld system to challenge the Game Boy Advance.
If the Xbox's performance in Japan last year has taught us anything, it's that Microsoft is more than willing to make up for its lack of business knowledge by waging full-out war for the hearts and minds of users.
Nintendo's GameCube officially entered the European market Friday, with thousands of gamers across the continent attending special midnight store openings to get their hands on the latest, and cheapest, system of the next generation.