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Tomorrow is Microsoft's big Xbox event, so to try and steal their thunder Sony released a sneak peek of the PS4 hardware. It's a blurry wide shot of the box cut, with quick flashes of close ups. If they showed the box itself we'd be excited. Instead we're just disappointed -- again. Sony, if you want to steal someone's thunder by showing your junk -- you need to show your junk. Let's break down this failure frame by frame.

We've seen some details about the PlayStation 4 and what it can do, but at their big event last week Sony failed to actually show us the box. We know it largely doesn't matter what the thing looks like. Folks don't usually buy a game console based on how it looks in their living room, but we haven't been able to stop speculating about what the PS4 is going to look like. While we anxiously await the official unveiling from Sony, we're forced to imagine what might be. Here's a list of 13 things we'd like the PS4 to look like.

Sony didn't give us a look at what the PlayStation 4 actually looks like during their event last night, but it's safe to assume it is not a human-sized robot that shoots lasers from its eyes. That didn't stop the goodly folks at Next Media Animation from speculating as such. Their animated version of the event is borderline insane, and a lot more fun to watch than the event itself.

With Sony's big Playstation 4 event yesterday, and details continually being rumored about the next Xbox it looks like the next round of console wars is heating up. Sure, it doesn't actually matter whether Sony or Microsoft come out on top, but it's still something people love to speculate on. Now you can get a little skin in the game by betting cash money on which console is going to come out ahead.

Kotaku, citing the all-knowing, all-anonymous Sources with a capital "S," has learned fresh details regarding Sony's PlayStation 4. The report claims the unit is codenamed "Orbis," which could be referring to a number of things, and is currently planned for a 2013 holiday release.