One console is created by gamers and for gamers. The other console is created by corporate suits who want to spy on you by remotely activating the Kinect camera and/or microphone to do "consumer research" on your living room. 

Both console are created in order to bring money to their respective companies.

All the discussions about the "good company" VS the "bad company" are childish to say the least.

Yes, both are trying to get money but Sony is doing this Playstation with Passion more than Money and trying to innovate games and technology for the best of Games and to the gamers.

Please don't spread BS if you don't know what you are talking about.

You are right about PS360 having more component differences, but what does that have to do with a difference in power? That's like saying a steam powered car and an electric car have almost the same top speed, therefor two gas cars must have the exact same top speed.

Luckily for us the two systems being so similar makes it pretty straight forward to see how large the gap is and which system is stronger. With previous gens each system had its strengths and weaknesses. PS3 had a super powerful CPU but it was a bitch to tap that performance. On top of that it had split RAM. The 360 had a great GPU and a single pool of RAM but its CPU had nothing on the theoretical power of the CELL. Each system had its relative strengths and weaknesses.

With Xbox One vs PS4 there is none of that. Same CPUs, same GPU architectures, same single pools of RAM, and a lot of the same part manufacturers. The only difference that isn't a black and white number is DDR3 + ESRAM vs GDDR5. This is the ONLY* power difference that is even close to being debatable. Everything else is PS4 is better, PS4 is better, PS4 is the same, PS4 is better**...

Of course there is the debate on how much better the PS4 will be in real world examples, but it will be bigger than the PS360 difference I can guarantee you that. If you care for some bet about this, just PM me. We can discuss specifics.

*Xbox One is believed to have a less taxing audio chip than PS4. It's also debatable yet most people ignore it since its effects on system performance are minimal.

**Xbox One has more transistors and a higher GPU clock than PS4, but those numbers are meaningless on their own.

Yes, both are trying to get money but Sony is doing this Playstation with Passion more than Money and trying to innovate games and technology for the best of Games and to the gamers.

A few of the Xbox One difference I came up off the top of my head:

Kinect - you can talk to your console - hey Xbox, look up this game/movie/tv show/actor/director/etc. Xbox.  In addition to 'pause' 'rewind' all by your voice, etc. (It really useful when you live with it.)

sony hasn't talk much about software integration (i'll admit) but the ps eye has been confirmed to read voice commands just like kinect. sony hasn't talked much (really at all) about their OS so far all we know ps4 already supports this.

Motion Gaming included for up-to 6 players in the Xbox One, including heart rate:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi5kMNfgDS4

..and no games that support that. i'll give you this one once we can stop "imagine the possibilities".

Instant switching of games - demo: http://www.gamespot.com/video/xbox-one-interface-demo-6408651/

ps4 does this too.  more to the point,. vita does it too and has been on the market for over a year now.

Playing a game or watching while waiting for an online game que to come up.

Can also be used to control your TV with you voice (or controller, or universal remote.)

this is MSs one truely distinquishing characteristic as far as i'm concerned.

Instantly recognizing you and logging you in, even if you switch controllers or places.

as with voice commands, facial recongition for ps eye is confirmed.  no word on software integration.

Skype, video conference included in every Xbox One, can be 'snapped' to the side even when you are playing a game.

ps4 has video conferencing too minus the skype branding.

The Controller - the One controller takes the best of the Xbox 360's then add some other features, lower latency, more battery life, the biggest advancement is 'feedback triggers.'   Having tried them I think they are going to be a great innovation in immersion and game feedback.  (The PS4 has a 'touch pad' which I understand will be nice for browsing, but a bit awkward to use in games because of it's placement.)

everything i've read puts the competition of the controllers at a wash as in equal.  they are soo increadibly similar other than trigger feedback vs. touchpad.

Many, many  app, I know Sony will have many, but doesn't seem to have anything near the level of Xbox's. 

says who?  neither side has given a full list of supported apps.

Integration with you existing tablet through Xbox Smartglass your ipad, Windows Phone, Surface, Android Tablet, etc. (the PS4 can do similar but only with the Vita).

false.  ps4 can interface with vita but it also has an app that runs on IOs or Android and functions the same as smartglass for every feature i've seen either said advertise including using my IOs device as a game controller.

Integration with Windows 8 apps.

lulz.

Xbox One will be running a version of DirecX 11.2, PS4 will be running OpenGL

Similar:

The both have sharing DVR Game features, Blu-ray, streaming, a form of friends, and gaming features.