xbox360fanboy.com - 1/7/2009
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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 Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg finds ...
edge-online.com - 1/6/2009
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edge-online.com —
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 ...
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MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m
mercurynews.com - 1/12/2009
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mercurynews.com —
Microsoft will rely on its Xbox 360 game
console for longer than the previous version because it's...
getting harder to persuade consumers to upgrade, the head of the company's entertainment unit said.
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Microsoft in no hurry to upgrade Xbox
gaapweb.com - 1/1/2009
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gaapweb.com —
In an effort to cut costs and reduce
carbon emissions, UK financial services businesses, including Ernst &...
Young, are to trial holding management conferences through Playstation 3's new virtual world Home.
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Ernst & Young to use PS3 for virtual meetings
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Microsoft exec predicts Sony will be forced to cut PS3 prices
Engadget —
... 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 been hearing tons of PS3 pricing speculation from all corners lately with no change to that $399 MSRP, so we'll see how it goes. [Via Xbox 360 Fanboy] Filed under: Gaming Microsoft exec predicts Sony will be forced ...
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