Greenberg: Xbox 360 will win Christmas News
Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft bigshot Aaron Greenberg is confident that children will be getting Xbox 360s and not PlayStation 3s in their stockings this Christmas.
And that will be because of nifty price cut manoeuvring, he said, holding up successful September US hardware sales as evidence.
"We expect to continue our price advantage over the PlayStation 3 for a long time," Greenberg told Kotaku.
"And we feel confident that we'll outsell the PS3 this holiday season in North America and in Europe. We'll do it on a global scale."
Microsoft slashed the price of all Xbox 360 models in September, making both the Arcade and Premium units cheaper than a European Wii, which retails for GBP 179.99. The 80GB PlayStation 3, remember, sells for GBP 299.99.
We also recollect that a busy Christmas last year brought Xbox Live to its knees. How will it perform this year? "Hopefully, very well," added Greenberg. "We've grown our team and our infrastructure over the past year."
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BartonFink
20/10/08 @ 08:03
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Who gives a shit what Greenberg says but you don't have to be a genius to work out that what he says it true though.
As for no mention of the Wii I am pretty sure they have capitulated on that one by now. That or he is only talking about the current generation consoles ;) |
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I notice Greenberg has made no mention of the Wii at all because as everyone knows it *will* be the winner this Christmas, not the Xbox 360 and not the PS3! LOL
But I guess if Microsoft can call second place "winning" then I'm sure Sony will come up with their own interpretation of winner too... ;) |
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Triggerhappytel
20/10/08 @ 08:31
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I agree with Vandrius; I am so bored of reading this bullshit about the platform holders proclaiming how they will win over one another. It's like they've stepped out of a playground.
What he is saying might be true, but it doesn't make it any less irritating. |
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kangarootoo
20/10/08 @ 08:33
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Man, I don't even know what winning Christmas means. I bet Greenberg doesn't either.
"'Jesus will win Christmas' says God" |
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muscleblade
20/10/08 @ 08:37
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The 360 will win christmas by having the best games line up, but the Wii will sell the most no doubth.
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Carpathian
20/10/08 @ 08:55
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"Greenberg: Xbox 360 will win Christmas "
No. The 360 will win at Christmas. It won't win it as a prize of some sort. Blimey - a couple of awards and a few beers and the proofing goes out of the window ! {walks off muttering to self about standards, Americanisms and dumbing down} |
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AaronTurner
20/10/08 @ 09:20
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"MS stopped making a loss on their hardware at a very early stage - certainly within the first year if not the first 6 months."
Are you sure that still holds true though? There have been a huge amount of price cuts since then so I'm not entirely convinced. |
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Of course 360 will beat PS3 this Christmas. There is a credit crunch and Sony need to realise this and take a hit if they want to increase installed user base.
Does it deserve to win. No. Wii will just continue selling a shit load, get played for 2 weeks, then get maybe get used once a month from here on in. |
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"Wii will just continue selling a shit load, get played for 2 weeks, then get maybe get used once a month from here on in."
I own all three "next-gen" consoles and it amazing to me that the Wii still sells like this... what games are people buying? I'm a (old) Nintendo fan but it saddens me that there's no new games from them I want to buy. Both PS3 and 360 have quality exclusives this holiday which I want to buy... but on Wiii... nothing :(
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I own all three "next-gen" consoles and it amazing to me that the Wii still sells like this... what games are people buying?
Maybe, just maybe, some of these people don't have a great deal of time to throw at gaming on one console, let alone 3? I know a few people (and I'm including myself in this) who get maybe 5hrs per week to have a bit of fun on their console. Having grown up with gaming I find the Wii suits my needs now, as it offers the sort of play (quick, entertaining) that I'm looking for now small matters such as house/family/work have come into play. If I ever get around to finishing Mario Galaxy there are a good 4 or 5 titles I haven't bought yet that I would love to play. |
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Bremenacht
20/10/08 @ 11:03
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Does anyone else find news of executives squealing "We're going to win!" boring?
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@secombe:
True reg. 3 console - my point was only that I'm not a Wii/Nintendo hater. But even if I only had a Wii, there would not be ANYTHING new to buy. Nintendo's "big" title for Q4 2008 is Wii Music?... really? Even for the most casual gamers, this looks very thin.
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stallion185
20/10/08 @ 23:11
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Sadly... I think Sony might have to actually start bundling a Wii with the PS3 in order to have good sales this Christmas :P
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