It's at the point where anyone in the know, knows both consoles will perform near identically overall, other than for exclusives. It will be years before any considerable differences start to show, if they do that is.
Problem is MS made a big deal out of power, even at the start of this gen, and uses that as it's main marketing. Now to their credit, they did go from a general, 'XBSX is the most powerful console ever', to, 'XBSX is the most powerful XB ever'. The issue with that is, the narrative is still, XBSX is clearly the most powerful of all consoles, when it's not. MS and it's fans obviously don't mind this, and SNY and it's fans seemingly aren't fond of it.
Due to this, some SNY fans have gone out of their way to make it clear that both consoles are darn near par overall, but mostly because some XB fans, or uniformed gamers, are perpetuating the XBSX power narrative. It's one thing for XB1X to have had that narrative behind it, because it was true of the hardware as of it's launch, but some are furthering that power narrative illegitimately due to XBSX early marketing.
Personally, to legitimately market your hardware in this manner, more than just DF has to be able to pinpoint the difference. If you're basically relying on DF to show the difference, then it's pretty much just marketing, or words, which can easily be rebutted.
The bright side is the games themselves should be able to take a greater focus now, especially (AAA) exclusives.
PS1 - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.
PS2 - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.
PS3 - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.
PS4 - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.
PRO -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.
PS5 - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.
PRO -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.
