I compared it to platforms I own and/or have experience with. That's relevant, because it doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's a good system, as I stated, but hardly anything Earth-shattering, and if you have a PC that is more powerful, its appeal is lessened. I mainly wanted one as a replacement for the One X, a decent UHD player, and 4K back-compat machine. It does those things very well! Plus, walking into a Meijer in the middle of bum-f nowhere Michigan and seeing one in-store meant the Gods told me that fate was on my side that day.

As for price, size, noise, specs — largely irrelevant. Big consoles have never bothered me, I lived with noisy 360s/PS3s all 7th gen, the PS5 is nearly as powerful, and it cost the same as it. On top of that, this is where PC really shines, because no matter how powerful the Series X is, it remains miles behind my premier platform. Not a fault of its and not something that really changes anything, because if specs were that much of a deterrent, I wouldn't ever buy a console again. And being so close to the PS5 (while having far less exclusives in the long run) means that said specs are not much of a talking point for me. It's a capable machine. That's all it needed to be, particularly for back-compat. That's one of only two advantages it has on my PC. 

And finally "different leagues". Matters only in sales discussions. In my world, Nintendo/PC/PS/Xbox are all comparable/judgeable platforms.