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The E3 media briefings kicked off today, and my body was ready for Xbox One details. Microsoft already broke the news about it's system-wide DRM, so the briefing focused on new games; of which I'll be picking up Battlefield 4 and Forza 5. Later, Sony won E3 by announcing no system-wide DRM. I was convinced Xbox introduced the system under publisher pressure, but now it's clear they came up with it all on their own, dooming the Xbox at least for launch. An excellent video and twitter drove the point home, but my fanboy status was confirmed as I unlocked the day one pre-order achievement despite the draconian DRM that will cripple my eBay game reselling addiction. I can see the PS4 easily outselling the Xbox purely on the DRM issue. I can only hope Microsoft changes their minds, or the PS4 is forced into a similar system by publishers.