Everything was stable, I streamed the entire event from Verge pre-show to the end screen without a single hiccup or drop.

I also had far less criticism than you did for the presentation, I found it similar to what Sony and Nintendo do on stage and definitely par the course for a console release.

I mean, think about it: Sony hasn't even shown off it's hardware yet, and they announced months ago. Now Sony is telling us they'll actually, you know, SHOW US the console in a few more weeks. What gives?

At least Microsoft put the product there, front of stage, and (presumably) ran a few demos on it.