IDK, Sony has promised a lot of stuff with PS4 since the E3 and failed to deliver on most of them. Backwards compatibility (this one is confusing for me), any type of multimedia center support... from what I understand you can't even play Blu-Ray's out of the box without getting the new PUB, not to mention Infamous and DriveClub being part of the launch window but God knows when those games will be released and the supposed Foxconn rumors...
I was so pumped for PS4 after the E3 and was on their bandwagon, but most of the major stuff they promised have been cut out and people are crowning them the king after E3 when they failed to deliver on what they said initially. They were just hyping people up to drive the pre-orders up and have succeeded with over 1 million consoles sold.
At least M$ have been honest in what they promised.
BTW, I got Xbox One because I love the Xbox controller, better launch titles and much more feature rich. Also because PS4 was sold out everywhere : ) Gotta hand it to Sony marketing team.
Backwards compatibility was never promised, they were pretty straight forward on that. They said that Gaikai streaming may be able to provide that in the future, but they didn't say it was going to be at launch.
There is a day1 patch that provides the BluRay playback support, I don't see what the big deal is as it will almost guaranteed be connected to a network anyway. Xbox1 doesn't have the support out of the box either without a patch from what I understand.
As far as the launch window games, Infamous can still count if it comes out in March. I believe the 'window' is generally the first 3-4 months after launch (
http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/PlayStation_4_Launch_Titles). If that holds true Infamous and DriveClub are both slated to be launch-window titles.
I really don't see what was all promised and they didn't hold to, launch games are out of Sony's control and I'd prefer if a game takes a few extra months for it to be playable instead of a broken mess.
M$ has been anything but consistent with their policies on the Xbox, where they have changed their stances on numerous policies that they made. I haven't touched a XB1 controller yet (hope to soon), but the DS4 is a massive improvement over the DS3 to be fair.
Are there any exclusive launch games for XB1 worth owning besides Forza5 which is a stripped down version of Forza4? None of the other games look to be worth owning, maybe DeadRising, but I've heard it can be cumbersome with controls and such.
With all that said, I plan to own an XB1 sometime soon-ish, but likely not at launch.
Both systems will support media streaming/DLNA support, but that won't happen for PS4 for another month or so while they patch it in, although Netflix/HuluPlus/Amazon video is available. And you can stream on Twitch/Ustream (which I've already used and is pretty awesome) on PS4, but M$ has to patch it in at a later date (won't be available at launch).