Three things that were really good about the PS4 reveal:

1) Sony talked tech. The details weren't very detailed, and they pretty well matched what has been leaked (and a little more detail was published afterward by AMD). What was good to hear was an apology (of sorts) for the Cell processor and architecture of the PS3. Sony has learned its lesson and is building a gaming computer in a box. Albeit an optimized computer with custom firmware.

2) Sony focused on games. Nintendo and Microsoft have both bent over backwards to turn their consoles into general-purpose media centers. Sony essentially said to blazes with that, we want PlayStation to be the core of your gaming world. Everything they did and said was about the games. Sony is staking the future of PlayStation on “hardcore” gamers. I think it's a good bet.

3) Announced partnerships (Blizzard!) indicate PS4 will have every meaningful game of the next generation, and some of them will be exclusive. Microsoft could still pull some good games out of their hat, but more and more developers are backing Sony.

Three things that should have been in the PS4 reveal:

1) Actual gameplay footage. Most of the studio honchos who trotted out on stage had precious little to show. The “Knack” and “Killzone” footage looked great, we needed to see more of that and fewer tech demos and people talking while their company's logo showed on the screen.

2) We need to know more about how PlayStation Network will change and what it will be like. All the social networking is great, but how does that work? Is it going to cost money? Do we get to keep our PS+ freebies? Inquiring minds want to know.

3) The integration of PS4 and PS Vita was talked about; otherwise, the Vita as ignored. Is the West getting a price drop like Japan just did? What's going to happen to Vita other than becoming a glorified Wii U Gamepad? Sony could have dumped a couple of the non-revealing-game-reveals and put some Vita love into this conference. After all, they want people to buy this thing to play on their PS4, but one needs other reasons to drop 250 large on a gaming “peripheral.”

Three things that really shouldn't be an issue:

1) No, Sony didn't show the actual box. Why is that a failure? It's just a box. It won't be ugly, doesn't need to be a work of art, and isn't going to influence anyone to buy or not buy the system. Seriously, is there anyone who's actually said, “I would love to play games on that system, but the box is just too ugly.”

2) No, there weren't any women on stage presenting. This isn't Sony's fault. OK, bring it up as an example of the lack of women in leading roles at game developers and publishers, but don't jump all over Sony because it's still a man's world in the video game industry.

3) Yes, I would like to know the price, but remember Nintendo didn't reveal the price of the Wii U until two months before launch. I would expect a price announcement no earlier than E3.

Three questions that need to be asked:

1) Why is Jonanthan Blow allowed to present? He talks to the floor and makes grandiose statements about how his games are SO different than other games. He's like a shy Peter Molyneux.

2) Does Quanitc Dream make games, or just tech demos? And was “Heavy Rain” so successful they can afford to put teams to work making tech demos that will never find their way into a game?

3) Will this console actually play used games or not? They've been dancing around this question ever since the reveal.