He's right. Sony is always stared at with the most discerning eye because they have always covered their own end ever gen in some form or fashion. If they lose out at first they adapt to something to make themselves relevant again. Sonys brand power is astounding and without them the console industry wouldn't be as large as it is today. 

i think its because ps4 didnt need secret sauce and was a great console that had its PR part played excellently.

HYPE.

Biggest reason with all the early adopters is always the same

Satisfaction with the previous console / brand

Wii --> WiiU : Low satisfaction, less people migrating forward with any urgency
PS2 --> PS3 : High satisfaction, but Sony bungled the messaging, priced too high, 3rd party better on X360 (cheaper & better)
PS3 --> PS4 : High satisfaction, more people migrating forward with confidence
X360 --> XBO : High satisfaction, but MS really bungled the messaging, priced too high, force-included kinect, 3rd party better on PS4 (cheaper & better)

Once a machine has momentum people know that is the "most" successful of the bunch, and then they know that will be best supported by software makers, and thats all that really matters. So unless XBO exclusives give huge bumps to XBO, don't expect the PS4 lead to erode/slow compare to the others.

Forgot to mention that the PS4 just looks better designed. The XB1 design looks amateur. The Kinect's front profile is about as big as the PS4.  It's not the biggest reason, but just one more thing that made PS4 come out shining last E3.

The biggest reason is a tie between 100 bucks less and MS's initial PR decisions. Once a couple years pass and prices are similar and the weight of the terrible choices MS made in release announcements which forced 180's are forgotten, sales numbers will grow closer. Probably much closer.

I dunno.  I look at 'em side by side and they both look about the same to me (not my pic, btw).  Guess it depends on if you're a fan of slants or not.  When I use a USB port on the front of my PS4, it just looks "off", though.

*edit* both remind me of my Wii in its horizontal stand, though.....

How? That would mean x1 would have to start outselling ps4..it won't, thet gap will always grow, just more slowly and then more quickly. Why do you act like sony won't ever drop the price or do thins to spur sales?

^ yeah I mean not as much aesthetics but size.  Sony packed in more power (which you can measure at the wall) into a much smaller package.

X1 looks like an 80's vvr, is huge, has a massive power brick, it screams poor design.