I've ignored pretty much all of it. Most of it is stuff I don't really care about, anyway, like 900p vs. 1080p. Hell, I'm fine with 720p.
A lot of the rest, well ... I've been saying for a long time now that all future consoles are going to be buggy and filled with frustrations at launch. I will be extremely surprised if either of them go smoothly. Competition brings a lot of positives but one of the negatives is the rush to market.
The way I see it, if you're not prepared for problems, don't pre-order.
As for the games, launch title technical quality means very little. People need to realize that (again).