Well let's look at some of the PR/ignorant tech claims:
offloading/15 coprocessors - bunk, most of those coprocessors are dedicated to Kinect or are standard AMD GCN features
upscale - bunk, there is no magical amazing upscaler, the BF4 720p footage makes that obvious
balance - bunk, PS4 is both more powerful and more balanced
custom - bunk, PS4 is just as or more custom built, the GPGPU and hUMA features for example
upclock - insignificant
tiled resources - may be used to get around ESRAM limits in the future, but at the moment bunk
DDR3 vs GDDR5 latency - bunk
bottlenecks - bunk, the largest bottleneck between either console is XB1's ESRAM and 16 ROPs
"MS is better at software" - bunk, turned out XB1's dev tools and OS were lagging behind PS4
"no 30% advantage" - bunk, it's ~50% more GPU power, unified memory advantages, twice the ROPs, and far better GPGPU
Some of the most outrageous nonsense, FUD, and straight up falsehoods was posted by Penello himself on GAF:
"People DO understand that Microsoft has some of the smartest graphics programmers IN THE WORLD. We CREATED DirectX, the standard API’s that everyone programs against. So while people laude Sony for their HW skills, do you really think we don’t know how to build a system optimized for maximizing graphics for programmers? Seriously?
There is no way we’re giving up a 30%+ advantage to Sony. And ANYONE who has seen both systems running could say there are great looking games on both systems. If there was really huge performance difference ? it would be obvious. If it comes out after we launch that the difference between 3rd party games is maybe single-digit FPS between the two platforms, will I get an apology or concession?"
Hyrb on Reddit: "We have some of smartest programmers in the world working on Xbox One. I am very much looking forward to the next few months (and beyond) as the truth comes out."
Well the truth came out, and their PR campaign was revealed as a deceptive sham. Once again, they are NOT making claims that graphics don't matter, or that people won't notice, but claims that XB1 was factually more powerful than it really was.
I'll also note the many forum posters repeating the same ignorant buzzwords and claims ad nauseum, at least until the BF4 footage finally started putting nails in the XB1 power coffin.
Meanwhile, Sony employees and execs have been mostly quiet about the PS4's hardware advantage. Certainly nothing high profile like the 4-5 DF interviews, constant Leadbetter nonsense, and Hyrb/Penello campaigning on Twitter, GAF, and Reddit. So when I hear "Sony lies and FUD" I can only think it's some kind of deranged bizarro world attempt to turn the truth upsidown. But then again this is misterx we're talking about (and anyone who thinks like him).