Speaking to Gamasutra, Microsoft's product management director Aaron Greenberg was pleased with the recent NPD report, which showed that the Xbox 360 sold over 800,000 units with the top SKU in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 moving 4.2 million units. "We had consumers spend more money on the Xbox 360 than the Wii or the PS3: $838 million in hardware, software, and accessories," he noted.
When asked about next year, when Sony’s much anticipated Gran Turismo 5 will finally launch, Greenberg brushed it off. "Is it launching next year?" he questioned. "I've seen years and years of minigames, but I haven't seen that the game is done. They just released the PSP version -- maybe that's what they've been working on. I feel confident that there's nothing that will compare in size. Halo: Reach will be the biggest game of 2010."
"We will do three things well [in 2010]. One, we will continue to offer a better value on hardware pricing. We will continue to remain $100 cheaper than PS3. Two, we will have more games, more blockbuster exclusives, no matter the genre. Three, you add all of the entertainment and social network. That's our focus, to keep adding more and more value. Consumers vote with their dollars, and so far it's been paying off, and we feel confident about next year as well," concluded Greenberg.
