Oh, well I just don't think that it is as healthy for the industry when one company takes almost everything....these situations can lead to a monopoly if it is sustained for long enough, and monopolys can be bad. (of coarse this does not mean it is allays bad, but it can be).
I think that the best situation for the consumers would be if all three platforms were equally healthy.
Now I'm not so much worried about Xbox at the moment as I am worried about Nintendo. They have (in my opinion) what is probably the best 1st party, and yet their platform is incredibly unhealthy right now (coming from a Wii U owner). I think that they need to be able to embrace 3rd parties like Playstation and Xbox have, but right now they are just sooooo far away from that.
And it is not just a HW problem (though that is a big part of it). Their network is a long ways behind XBL & PSN (opinion), though it has improved.
They have a lot of work to do, but I hope that they can improve their platform for next generation, and of coarse, their biggest obstacle is going to be name brand...
Then I got bad news for you, dude. The gap will not shrink and will most likely expand to a 2.5:1 or even 3:1 gap by the end of the generation. There is literally no way in which the X1 will even come close to the PS4 in sales. The X1 will be ~50 million while the PS4 will be ~120 million IMO
I am aware that the gap
will widen over time units wise, but I think it is too early to say that it will widen ratio wise.
I think that we could have a similar 2:1 ratio by the end of 2015 once everything is all said and done.
Of coarse PS4 will almost definitely have much longer legs once next gen gets here, but
I wouldn't assume that the gap will grow that big (3:1?) until after the next Xbox come out.
EDIT: you with the calculations I'v done, I believe/predict that X1 will sell 60m units by the end of 2020. I think PS4 can do 130m in the same timeframe.