Aaron Greenberg is such a quote box when it comes to saying abrasive flamebait that I have decided to come up with a new tag called Aaron Greenberg Says. Today, Aaron Greenberg says many things, really taking off the gloves and laying into Sony, as he likes to do so much.
"You can't underestimate that we're half the price of the PS3 at a time when consumers were looking for great value," beams Greenberg. "The PS3 was down in February two percent even with the launch of Killzone 2 -- that's months of year-over-year declines. Xbox continues to head north while the PS3 is heading south. We're gaining share.
"But what we hear from our partners is that it's not just PS3, it's also PS2 down 62 percent year over year. With that business declining, and with the PS3 business declining, it's been described to me as hemorrhaging at retail right now, and it just keeps getting worse. What we're finding in our research is that a large portion of the volume we're driving with Xbox 360 purchasers is actually PS2 owners choosing Xbox for the next generation. We're switching people from the PlayStation brand over to the Xbox brand."
Greenberg also says that if GTA: The Lost & Damned had sold at retail, it would have outsold Killzone 2, and boasted that Xbox 360 titles currently have over 130 titles rated over 80 on Metacritic, while rival platforms don't even have 100. Aaron Greenberg says so many things. He's a gift from God to blogging comment boxes everywhere.
Jim Sterling serves as reviews editor for Destructoid.com, head of the Podtoid podcast, and produces a number of news stories, original features, one-of-a-kind videos. With his passionate argumentative style, controversial opinions, harsh delivery, and dedication to brutal honesty Sterling is a name that you can't help but recognize.
Likes
PS2, iPod Touch, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid, Dynasty Warriors 3
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
35 comments | showing # 1 to 35
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
9:20 AM on 03.20.2009
| 
That and well.. since the last time I pointed out such a statistic, Sony has more lucrative stock.
I'm not biting dude. Sony isn't just a software company, like you, Microsoft.
Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back, dude.
Yeah, coz Killzone 2 came out right at the start of Feb, didn't it.
PS3 selling at double the price is Sony making more money than you even when selling less, Greenberg.
Also, Playstation 2? Everybody has or has had one of them by now, surely?
"Greenberg also says that if GTA: The Lost & Damned had sold at retail, it would have outsold Killzone 2"
I love his science behind this. To be honest though, GTA selling well? What a shocker.
Wow, this guy's brought the fanboy out in me!!! Whooooop!
Please, never use VGChartz. It's an embarrassment.
Only last night i was at a mate's who has 2 errorboxes under his TV (one RROD'd after just over a year) He is sick of it and is getting a PS3 next time.
Another tight arsed friend there at the time is buying a mate's errorbox (because he can't afford a PS3, apparently), the guy he's buying it from is selling it..... to get a PS3.
The errorbox is a games console, a games console that will only last a year and isn't economically viable as an online gaming machine.
The PS3 is a top of the range HD multi-media system, plays the BEST games, the BEST movies, is built to last and provides a top notch service to those who buy it, not just to those who pay extra every year.
Anyway, until Sony either lowers their prices or come up with some technology that really blows the 360 out of the water, the 360 will always be bigger than the PS3 in North America. We don't need lame statistics to know that.
Ah yes, forcing his diatribe down unwilling throats. fattening up the masses.
Mr Greenberg may not value you, but you will listen to his opinion
Is there another site that measures console and game sales?
I suppose since the market's pretty saturated, everybody's made up their mind on which console. The problem for MS is that a lot of their consoles need replacing, and when that happens they're just leaving the back door for somebody to go get a PS3 or a Wii.
Anybody who hasn't got a limit on how many times they can get their 3600 replaced is either an extremely die hard fan, or very short-sighted.
Jim, you need to find a way to work Steve Ballmer into these pics. His face is scarier than that dude's WITH the shop.
Also that you actually gotta bring in the PS2 to point out your argument is sad...Its an accomplishment in my book that its even still selling...
What makes It more sad Is that the xbox 1 simply was abandoned too soon and he dares to mock sony for the fact that the PS2 Is actually starting to sell less..
GTFO he should talk when the 360 is allmost 10 years old and hopefully still on shelves...untill then he should just not dare to mention this out of shame for how they used the xbox 1 like a little slut and cast her away way before its time...
Sure I was there at launch to pick up my 360 but I still cried many months after...
Doesnt matter who had a head start or what console broke, sales are sales and money to these three companies is what its all about!
MONEY
Using Metacritic as a source to back up your point = instant fail.
Passing reference to fantasy world you've just made up where a downloadable game that didn't come out at retail instantly does better than a full release, because, well, why the hell not = also instant fail.
Then again, an adult whining about sales figures is always a laugh in this industry. I like the way the header pic of him instantly made me think of a giant baby. Bit like Spirited Away.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=acCS8GaO7y0I&refer=news
IMO...i guess.
glad to see I can make it in the industry as a troll. :]
hope for my future.
Thats just retarded.
By the same token though, its fun watching sony fans react to this by screaming about how the ps3 is such a "premium" device.
Nevermind premium devices generally do not make for the biggest selling or most successful devices in any industry, Simply because they cost more for extraneous features.
This is why the wii is winning by a landslide.
I think it's hilarious that he describes the Xbox as a "great value". That's just fuckin funny.
And comparing it to a PS2? Completely neglecting the last decade? That might work on an infant, not someone with a lick of intelligence.
Do people forget that Sony makes other things as well? Like computers, cameras, TVs, DVD players, blu-ray players, mp3 players, phones, car radios, home stereo components, and lastly movies...
I realize that were talking games here, but lest we forget that Sony isn't just interested in domination of just the videogame market... They make other things that are fairly high quality in my experience.
Syn has a valid point. How can MS compare themselves to the PS2? Didn't they stop making Xboxes a while ago? Doesn't Sony still make PlayStation 2's? Which one failed because the hard drives were worth more than the entire system? I can also laugh at the points that others have made about KZ2 being out for 2 days and L&D was out for a few weeks... What a comparison!
You heard it from the horses mouth, guys.. MS thinks you're a bunch of morons.