For your first point. What about people who live in areas that are prone to storms and internet cutting out? Are they supposed to move house just to suit the console?
Secondly power is still power and plus majority of current gen games were being developed on the Xbox so the could be ported around, whereas next gen a lot of developers seem to be making the games on the PS4.
Thirdly the exclusive Sony shared was good enough. Just look at what Microsoft had to offer, there was nothing that even compared to The Order.
Finally looking at how they have set it up Microsoft have gone much more heavily into Media, most of the stuff isn't needed at all for a gaming console. It is basically a Media Centre, whereas Sony have done some media but their main focus is what a gaming console should be and that is gaming.



