i think it's not that microsoft has to show it before e3 to be not too late but i also think it is really bad for nextbox even if nextbox would be shown only few weeks later.
since nextbox won't be stronger or even weaker graphically everything they will show will be like “uhh i saw those graphics already for ps4“ or “ohh ps4 graphics impressed me more“
if nextbox would have been first for a presentation it would have been totally different in the heads of people.
that is only a real problem for core gamers and not the casual but that's who you sell your console first to.







