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Greenberg: Xbox 360 will beat PS3 at baseball photo

That's right, folks! Aaron Greenberg, a man employed by Microsoft, has nice things to say in public about Microsoft! How about that for mindblowing? Once again, MS' minister of propaganda is spraying hubris from his boastnozzle into our blogmouth, claiming confidently that the Xbox 360 will dominate the PS3 this generation.

"What I can tell you is we remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation," stated Greenberg, as lightning crackled behind him, probably. "It is similar to a game of baseball, it is not about just winning one inning, but instead being able to win the game by consistently delivering across all nine innings.

"I actually think the story here is about much more than just hardware sales. It's about the entire ecosystem and investing in the future; something we are very focused on. There is also the whole financial side of the equation that people rarely seem to pay attention to."

So there you have it. Microsoft will defeat the PS3 this generation because baseball.








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mabman's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:04
mabman
"...boastnozzle into our blogmouth"... sexcellent
Tha_Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:07
Tha_Meat
Speaking of baseball this reminds me of the rivalry between the Redsox and the Yankess. The Yankees were dominant at the begining of the decade, then they sucked and the Red Sox won a couple championships. Now the Sox suck ass again and the Yanks are the best team in the league!

360 = Redsox , PS3 = Yankess
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:14
MrSadistic
You see, the 360 is like Jell-o Pudding.. No, actually it's more like Kodak Film. No, actually the 360 is like the New Coke. It'll be around forever.
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:17
pascuz46
Sex or weight lifting!!
Tha_Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:18
Tha_Meat
@pascuz46

Your ref, made me giggle with memories.
Reien's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:19
Reien
Ah yes... similar to a game of baseball...

...

Wait, what #%$ is this guy talking about? Sounded like he had to wiki baseball to form that quote. Easy Aaron, don't hurt yourself.
PEICanada7's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:21
PEICanada7
LOL Its funny to see Microsoft brag about how they're going to dominate 2nd place. You know they never thought that the Wii would be crushing them at this point in the generation. They thought they would be on top, Sony would be in 2nd, and poor old Nintendo would be last again in 3rd place. However, in reality its team Nintendo kicking both Sony, and Microsoft's ass on the baseball field, because Nintendo hit a grand slam and the other two are barely on 1st base yet!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:31
Chronic Logic
baseball? wut? Does anybody at Microsoft edit or go over what Greenberg says before unleashing PR speak to the public?
hawtpokkitz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:43
hawtpokkitz
Can baseball be three teams? Because PC > 360 & PS3
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 10:54
Electrium
lol, I love how he's completely given up on beating the Wii.
Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 11:02
Springsteen
Indeed, mr. Greenberg. Indeed.

Now, go take a hot shower, sleep for a while, get your ideas straight and whip some people into making actually compelling software for Natal, will you?

PR, people. He is paid for this shit.
Retrofraction's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 11:29
Retrofraction
wow if it is the future that is causing is head to inflate, the PS3 has that covered with Blue-ray, Linux, and actual theater DTS, and those weird ps3 wands

while the 360 has hardware falures and natal to look forward to.

its a no brainer the PS3 will win in the long streach and microsoft knows it, that is why the 720 is comming in 2012 so that all the reports of 360 crashes like its hot is drowned out by backwards compatibilty.
Infamy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 11:49
Infamy
^Desperate fanboys still mentioning hardware failures in 2010?

ROFL. Get with the times, nitwit.RROD is pretty much nonexistant now with Jaspers+NXE; imagine if they release the Valhalla chipset with the new skus next year?
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 11:51
fetusmilk
good for you microsoft, does'nt affect or change what im gonna do, and thats buy PS3 games instead of 360 games.
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 11:53
D-503
yeah, why is Microsoft so happy about beating Sony when almost everyone and their dog has both a Wii and DS. It's just the guy in second place calling the guy in third a chump for not winning.
hyurirage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 12:19
hyurirage
But but the Wii is literally ruining all future gaming progression.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 12:27
Holyetheline
I thought this was going to be about motion control working better on 360 for baseball games or something... He's such a dick.
Your Moms Hot Lover's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 12:28
Your Moms Hot Lover
Depends on how you look at it. I have a Wii and two DS, PSP, a high end Sony Vaio laptop and a 360. Hardware wise I have spent way less on Microsoft. Especially when you consider past consoles, I didn't buy the original xbox.

But Microsoft wins more of my cash in the long run though. In 2009 I have bought 12 360 games. 3 DS games. 1 PSP game. 2 PC games and ZERO wii games. That is a win for Microsoft by a big margin.
KINGof210's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 12:49
KINGof210
LOGIC!!!
cranes88's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 12:52
cranes88
Jim, I love your stuff but the whole I hate MS is getting really old. We get it, rage against the big corporation. A MS guy using baseball as a metaphor is hardly worth writing about.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 13:08
Qraze
yup, ms focused on sony, sony focused on nintendo, nintendo focused on moms, kids and the elderly.

and who's winning again? you don't focus on the competition, you focus on the consumer. sony is behind ms ass, ms likes to lick that very same ass and savour the taste of second place like its first place.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 13:15
Ganjookie
@Cranes88

My sources say that Jim is actually PAID by M$ to generate hate so MS Fanboys aggro him and read his awesome articles. Once enough M$ X-bots are attacking Jim, he will bust out with the new X-Box 1080Platinum news and score massive hits all over the world, creating a black hole that will pull all PS3/PSP and WII/DS machines into it leaving only the XBOX and I-Phone remaining.


Crazy good idea
Airbr1dge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 13:19
Airbr1dge
Wii sports. Wii sports.
cranes88's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 13:21
cranes88
@Ganjookie

I like where you're going with this. Because when he talks about the evil MS it makes me want to go buy more MS stuff. Jesus. He's a genius.
NapalmMcT DDS's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 13:39
NapalmMcT DDS
As a White Sox fan, I've seen plenty of games where the game is lost on, "One Big Inning".

It's what doomed Javier Vasquez in Chicago.

So by this analogy, if Sony stays fairly even, or a little behind, but has one fantastic year, then MS loses.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 14:05
Ganjookie
@cranes88

I already forgot where I as going there because I was high on nitrous when I wrote that

WUB WUB WUB
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 14:36
pedrovay2003
How many times did his 360 die while he was saying this?
rsquad's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 15:20
rsquad
Ahem.

"The XBOX 360 will, most undoubtedly, destroy the compet..ition, an...d...Sony...will fa..ll...(gack)..befor..e...us..{disc read error - please contact customer service}."
Doos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 16:18
Doos
My PR department can beat up your PR department.
RROD Rules's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2009 04:09
RROD Rules
Ho Ho Great example, BASEBALL!

yeah, Baseball on the xbox 360 is great fun.... I'll stick to my ps3 and MLB The Show Greenberg, thanks for that.
ThorsteintheStaffstruck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2009 11:01
ThorsteintheStaffstruck
And on the 8th day, God created Douche (aka M. Greenberg.)
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2009 20:48
matrixdude171
....... How about they try to compare to Nintendo's sales instead?
chronicdog's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 15:05
chronicdog
MLB The Show is so freakin awesome
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