Without a new Xbox or PlayStation will E3 be...boring?[ Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:03:20 GMT ]Longtime video game analyst Michael Pachter — never one to mince words — has this to say about the world’s biggest video game show which is about to get under way next week: "It'll be one of the more boring ones." With Microsoft and Sony insisting they will not reveal their highly anticipated Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 machines and much of the news that gamers spent previous months hoping to officially hear about now on hold, this year's E3 is shaping up to be less than sizzling.