I don't think either Sony or MS is going to be embarrassed by what they release. The difference in specs will have more to do with whether they price the same or not. I do sometimes wonder what MS might have up their sleeve.
I think weirdly enough MS has become a better hardware creator on engineering and design front. MS made their own GPU (HPU) to suit their needs for Hololens. The surface team consistently does fantastic things and the Xbox One X is such a fully realized console that produces amazing visual results. I don't know what kind of innovations are possible in engineering gaming consoles but I'm more confident that MS will do it at this point.
I also expect MS will have all the consumer friendly features they have been working on for a few years. BC, play anywhere, Gamepass, streaming, cross buy and cross play. I think Sony will be a more traditional new generation.
I think weirdly enough MS has become a better hardware creator on engineering and design front. MS made their own GPU (HPU) to suit their needs for Hololens. The surface team consistently does fantastic things and the Xbox One X is such a fully realized console that produces amazing visual results. I don't know what kind of innovations are possible in engineering gaming consoles but I'm more confident that MS will do it at this point.
I also expect MS will have all the consumer friendly features they have been working on for a few years. BC, play anywhere, Gamepass, streaming, cross buy and cross play. I think Sony will be a more traditional new generation.