Pretty much.

Um, what?

MS upclocked the CPU by like 10% or something and i think one other change. 

Is that like how a Mustang GT and a supercharged IRS Cobra are "almost the same thing" because they are both Mustangs?

First party games and comparison of multiplatform releases will tell the truth

It might be something lost in translation.

May be the devkit, APIs and drives have improved.

May be they learn how to use the extra bandwidth of the ESRAM.

We are mere 21 days from PS4 release and 29 from XOne, and no reliable developer has ever openly said the 50%  power gap would be very noticeable.

No. 360 was technically speaking less powerful yet the multiplatform releases were, on most cases, better than Ps3. Comparing multiplatforms don't help at all.

true but it's commonly known how difficult it was to develop for ps3 this gen.  This time around, both are praised for ease of development so there will be no excuses and if one version get the upper hand, it could says something about which one is more powerful

No that is a very in-apt comparison.

Worst thing a console can do is make itself redundant.

Differentiation is the KEY for a console.
It must be unique or else what's the purpose of picking one over a general PC?
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