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car racing zombies star-studded thrillers and of course shoot-'em-ups you'll find all these next generation games at this year's e3 conference but it was so neat that made the biggest splash finally taking the wraps off the sleek PlayStation 4 its first console in seven years playstation 4 won't impose any new restrictions on the use of pia for games players can sell loan or trade their games and the ps4 will play older playstation games two ways sony is taking direct aim at microsoft's new Xbox one we've had a great relationship with the consumer and I think they've responded with tremendous loyalty it's obviously a model that works well for them and why change something isn't broken as far as we're concerned Microsoft highlighted a slew of games here at e3 13 of which will be available only on xbox one forza motorsport 5 lets your avatar race even while you're away a feature enabled by Xbox one's always-on connection which has raised privacy concerns Connect is a great device it captures information and allows you to control but it stays local doesn't go anywhere and you're in control of that information the competition here between Sony and Microsoft is stiff but the bigger battle will take place later this year when holiday shoppers try to decide whether they want to go Xbox or Playstation 4 the xbox will launch in November for five hundred dollars and Sony alluded to a holiday release for the PlayStation at a cheaper price of four hundred dollars Nintendo isn't expected to announce new hardware but the maker of wii is updating some of its family-friendly titles another potentially serious competitor is mobile gaming how do you compete against such a ubiquitous device like the iPhone or an Android phone I mean it's really really difficult so the companies that you see here at e3 are really really trying to puff up their feathers so to speak the result big-budget blockbusters but is bigger better that's for gamers to decide in Los Angeles I'm Sumi das sina com for CBS news you