So what does it say about sony when they didnt even bring 1 one console  so that must mean  shortage confirmed for the ps4

I meant the subject is discussing Microsoft's way of handling this, we all know what some users will do if this becomes another Sony vs. Microsoft topic.

once again production of the retail XB1 has probably not started yet or just did start recently.

well even outside of other brand not showing up completely destroying the argument of the dude writing the article....

once again from a business stand point nobody cares about Australia, he admits it and explain it quiet well in his own article.

I'd put a show floor full of XB1 in middle east or eastern Europe before I'd go to Australia as a marketing guy.

Well most of us are certainly thinking it, reading between the lines and such.

"If MS doesn't care, then Sony does" is what some would take from this. This is a competition after all.

Microsoft evil because they came half assed.
Sony and Nintendo aren't evil because they didn't even show up.

but it makes sense to compare it with sony or nintendo since that shows if microsoft really only cares about usa or if pax in australia is just not the place to be as console developer. if no console developer was there but all where at comic-con it can mean only one thing, pax in australia was not the place to show your console.

Yes, i will have to try again as you advice. Still, i want to take a moment and thank you for the intelligent contribution, as always.

On topic, Microsoft has much to gain if they were not so US oriented, and i'm not talking about the style of their presentation either, the Xbox One E3 conference was primarily aimed at the US costumers. Heck, more than half of the features of the console don't even function outside of the US.

Omigosh, those images of a picture of the XO inside a glass display case ... Holy British Shorthairs ... that is bleeding hilarous.  I'm sorry, Aussies, but it is.

It's like, "here, peons, this is good enough for you lot!  Take a picture of a picture!"

Whew.  Awesome.  On topic, Microsoft's real goal is to win those who invest in a lot of electronics and consume a lot of media.  The United States is the largest collection of that demographic.  It's nothing personal.

Or, looking at that image again, maybe it is.  So very awesome ...

So, Sony didn´t show at PAX and the nobody cares.
Microsoft shows too little and all hell breaks lose.

Ok, fair enought.