Most consumers do not want a camera, so the PS4 represents a significant saving. And even in your comparison it's more expensive while being less powerful.
Responding to consumer feedback isn't a bad thing per se, but creating such anti-consumer policies in the first place makes one reluctant to spend a significant amount of money when a competitor has a more impressive product for less money.
Anti-consumer? I don't think so. The plan was to allow you to use your games wherever you want without the need to bring the physical disc. I don't know why you MS bashers have such a strong need for discs. Disc technology is dead, Microsoft was just leading the new technology that people perhaps aren't ready for. Sony doesn't have nearly the online capacity of Microsoft, not even close - which is why they had to make a more powerful console. In the end, it's not going to matter wether the PS4 is slightly faster. Multi platform games never looked better on PS3, and I don't have to worry about exclusives it seems, since Microsoft has the better line-up at this point. MS has also stated formally that the console won't be used for ad targeting - you can also unplug it if you want.
Multiplats never looked better on the PS3 because the cell platform was a PITA to develop for. PS4 is moving to x86, as is the Xbone, so whoever champions the better hardware is likely going to win the battle this iteration.
Also, discounting exclusives is pretty huge. You also need to discount indie games, since Microsoft has proven they don't give a shit.
Disc technology is far from dead. Tell me this again when you have people biting at the bit to download 50GB worth of data (blu-ray DL size disk). Microsoft wasn't leading the next generation of anything... both physical media and online media should be able to exist without a persistent internet connection.
If you want to buy a console from the guys who, when asked about an offline offering of the One said "we have that, it's called a 360," then go for it. Super consumer friendly, no doubt.
The scuttlebutt is that Sony was planning on mirroring many of Microsoft's announced policies, but backtracked after the reaction of consumers. Could be bogus though.
Responding to consumer feedback isn't a bad thing per se, but creating such anti-consumer policies in the first place makes one reluctant to spend a significant amount of money when a competitor has a more impressive product for less money.