It's the console with more overall games and exclusives, it has innovative features that improve gamers' experience (Share Play, Remote Play, fast downloads, etc.), It's the most powerful console with superior version of multiplats and it will have a VR helmet. I think these things make the PS4 pretty much different and superior to the competion in my opinion. 

The other half of the market disagrees with you. 

That's nice.

HHmm well that's not true a PC can do all of those things you mentioned. In fact even more by being able to act as a DVR. So I think X1 loses out to the HTPC. 

Microsoft will try to pull the same stuff if they ever find themselves in a position of strength again.

What if this is a Wii situation? Crazy sales at first but dwindles after a few years. I'm not saying that will happen, but what if? lol

Not really. The innovative features you speak of are reasons that Sony said NOT to buy the other consoles. No gimmicks, remember? As far as the most games, well it's fairly even. Best running, for the most part I will give you, although in some instances they should just stick with 900 or 720p and release them at a smooth framerate instead of them being only passable with slow down and fps. Do you really want a VR helmet? PC has it as well, likely superior, at least one of them will be anyway. I honestly think VR is going to flop. I detest the idea of wearing a friggen helmet to play games. 

Actually, sony is leading by example and microsoft is simply trying to mirror their success. How many policies has MS backpedaled on?  There's plenty of differences between them.  They do not have the same exclusives, policies, plans with their consoles/services and world wide presence. One of 'em is focusing on VR and game streaming. The other is going with AR and intergrating console/pc. 

Sony is on top because it has the most appealing console and library of games to gamers worldwide.  

Ehy, you are talking to a PC gamer here, personally the only reason for me to buy a console is because of exclusive ;) 

Nevertheless, we are talking about the differences between the consoles here, not PC. And in this case I give credit where credit is due. The feature that PS4 has actually improve the gaming experience as opposed to Xbox One, I don't think they are gimmicks, they aren't forced to you. Number of games and superior performance are facts. Now, for some people it's not a big deal, for other is, but it is a plus for sure. About VR, no one can know if it's going to flop or not, but for the people that are intersted it is nice to know that PS4 is going to have such a feature. In the end, I think there are enough reasons to prefer PS4, I don't understand why people say that Sony's console and Xbox One are the same.