I'm not a gamer either, in fact I've never even owned a console... but I did follow the discussion about Xbox One vs. PS4.

In my opinion, MS have shot themselves in the foot bigtime. The Xbox One console is weaker hardware-wise, is not as flexible (the HD can't be replaced eg.), is region locked, uses a microphone which is connected to the internet but cannot be disabled (!), AND is 100 euro more expensive than the PS4 is.

Yeah, I can see where this one is going...