edge-online.com - 1/6/2009
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Microsoft proclaimed Monday evening that Xbox 360 has sold 28 million units worldwide through 2008 since its launch in November 2005.
Microsoft director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg told Edge in a phone interview that the company sold 10.3 million Xbox ...
techcrunch.com - 1/8/2009
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techcrunch.com —
At CES, Microsoft has introduced its second iPhone
app after dipping its toe with the release of
Seadragon Mobile last month. The name of the application is Microsoft Tag , and it enables users to instantly access mobile content, videos, music, ...
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Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
microsoft.com - 1/6/2009
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Driven by record sales at retail along with
an 84 percent jump in online consumer spending; global
install base lead over PlayStation 3 expands to more than 8 million units. REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 5, 2009 — Despite a tough economy, the gaming industry ...
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Xbox 360 Records Its Biggest Year Ever: Driven by record ...
fudzilla.com - 1/2/2009
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Image A lot of reasons why it will
happen Many news outlets covered out story about Microsoft
planning to lay off as much as 17 percent of its workforce and there seems to be a lot of concerns about the number, as many people are saying it's too high. ...
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Microsoft expects PS3 price cut soon, while Reeves reiterates profit mantra
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
... This time, it's not an analyst that's predicting a PS3 price drop. It's the competition. Microsoft's outspoken Aaron Greenberg has been celebrating the tremendous success of Xbox 360, which currently leads PS3 by more than 8 million units worldwide. Obviously, ...
MS predicts a Playstation 3 price cut 'soon'
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... With a 28 million Xbox 360 base and keeping a sales lead over the Playstation 3, Microsoft knows that the worldwide console price cuts they enacted in 2008 have been a key component to their strategy. Something that Sony has yet to do with PS3, which ...
Sony PS3 price cut coming says Xbox 360 product manager
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... months. He said “We’re frankly surprised it’s taken this long.” Let us hope that he is right, Sony need to do something if they hope to have strong sales in this current credit crisis.
Wii sales now stand at 45 million units, and it was launched a year after the Xbox 360. Microsoft knows that they have no way of competing with the Nintendo Wii, so their main rival is the Sony PS3. Sony need this price cut if they wish to stay competitive with the Xbox 360.
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Microsoft exec predicts Sony will be forced to cut PS3 prices
Engadget —
After a couple weeks in which the 360 posted better sales numbers than the PS3 and it was revealed that Sony inadvertently funded Microsoft's next-gen development efforts, you'd think Microsoft execs would be getting a little cocky, but it sounds instead like they're expecting a renewed offensive from Sony based on price. That's direct from the 360's director of product management Aaron Greenberg, who told Edge that MS "absolutely expects" a PS3 price cut in the next few months, and that the team is "frankly surprised it's taken this long." Of course, we've ...
Microsoft Exec: We're Shocked Sony Hasn't Cut PS3 Prices Yet (SNE)
Silicon Alley Insider —
Microsoft's Xbox 360 continues to hammer Sony's PS3 across the globe because Sony (SNE) refuses to lower the PS3's price below $400.
Even Microsoft (MSFT) executives say they're surprised Sony hasn't cut the PS3's price already.
Microsoft director of product management for Xbox 360 Aaron Greenberg told Edge:
"We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months. We're frankly surprised it's taken this long....
I would expect they'd have to move on price, sooner than later, for sure."
The problem for Sony ...
Microsoft expects PS3 price drop 'in the next couple of months'
Joystiq —
... Now that the PS3 costs less to make, shouldn't Sony be passing on its savings to you? That's what Xbox 360 product manager, Aaron Greenberg, expects will happen via a price cut before summer.
Speaking to Edge Online, Greenberg said that, ...
Microsoft Dates PlayStation 3 Price Drop For Springtime [Aaron Greenberg]
Kotaku —
... Greenberg said, following recent Microsoft sales boasting. "We're frankly surprised it's taken this long. I would expect they'd have to move on price, sooner than later, for sure." Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves disagrees. He says not to expect a price cut this Spring , sticking to the "value added" thing. With PlayStation 3s reportedly getting cheaper to make , we'd expect it sooner rather than later " no plans " notwithstanding. MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m [Edge Online]
Microsoft: Forget ZunePhone, we're aiming for Zune (on) TVs
Macworld —
... that "Zune the service needs to transcend Zune the device." Neither executive elaborated. Matt Rosoff, an analyst with the independent firm, Directions on Microsoft, thinks that Microsoft will bring the Zune Marketplace to its XBox Live service. The latter already delivers online games and streaming Netflix movies to the 28 million owners worldwide of XBox 360 consoles . This would be "a no-brainer that they've been talking about forever," he said. Meanwhile, Michelle Abraham, an analyst with In-Stat, thinks that Microsoft will integrate the Zune service into ...
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There's lots of gaming action online —
Technology 1/3/2009
The three top video game consoles '” Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, and Nintendo's Wii '” each offer a variety of extras for users who plug them into a broadband Internet connection.
PS2 the most played console of 2008 —
The Register 1/5/2009
Xbox beats PS3 to second slot Nintendo may have cleaned up in console sales in 2008, but more US gamers spent their free time time playing Sony's "last-gen" Playstation 2, according to Nielsen Media Research.…
Xbox 360 had its biggest Year ever says Microsoft —
I4U News 1/6/2009
It was already written on th wall and early video game sales numbers confirmed that the Xbox 360 had great holiday sales. Today Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 had overall its biggest year in 2008.
Microsoft is proud to have reached in 2008 ...