Why would you respect something just because of sales? Do you also respect Taylor Swift for selling more records than anyone? I doubt it. Transformers was the highest money maker at the box office last year. Does that make it somehow better? Do you respect it more? To me it's still just a shitty summer popcorn flick.
Also, if the console is the most powerful, why would multiplatform games looking better on it, command respect? Seems like it should just be expected? If this were a real thing, wouldn't PC's be the most unappreciated platform ever? Seems so.
I mean.. just last gen, how much respect did the Wii get? Virtually none. In the end, who cares? If your console has games you enjoy, then what does it matter if others disagree? And if the console gets no respect on the internets (which is a joke.. hell, GAF alone provides enough for the whole Internet), does it really matter when it's leading in sales?
I think you could easily make a case that the other two consoles don't get enough respect.