<![CDATA[Kotaku: Aaron Greenberg]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Aaron Greenberg]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/aaron greenberg http://kotaku.com/tag/aaron greenberg <![CDATA[Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg is a Def Jam Rap Star]]> Words cannot describe. Fortunately we have this video, featuring HipHopGamer and Microsoft's product manager Aaron Greenberg, which does an ample job of describing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5572985&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cirque Performance a Pitch Not Just for Natal, but Games]]> In the two years he's been the executive producer for Microsoft's E3 appearance, Aaron Greenberg's brought The Beatles on stage and tonight, Cirque du Soleil. He expects to be asked how he'll outdo that, and he doesn't have an answer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5562288&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Browsing Web on TV a 'Poor Experience,' on PS3 It's 'a Nightmare']]> In a recent interview Microsoft's director of product management was asked why there was no browser on the Xbox 360, and if one will ever be made available. Don't bet on it anytime soon. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5508881&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Our Weekly Podcast Is Now Ready To Download In Full 360]]> Did you miss the live version of today's Kotaku Talk Radio call-in podcast? Download it now to hear what Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg has to say, then subscribe so that you don't ever miss it again. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5474276&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Talk Live To Xbox's Director of Product Management Right Now On Kotaku Talk Radio]]> Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. It is time to talk Halo Reach, Xbox Live, Project Natal with the product manager of all things Xbox 360. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5472883&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Come Chat with Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg on Kotaku Talk Radio Today]]> Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with the Xbox 360's director of product management. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473728&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Xbox 360's Aaron Greenberg Joins Us For The Biggest Kotaku Podcast Of 2010]]> This Wednesday, the director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, Aaron Greenberg joins us for our weekly podcast. Just how big can this podcast get? You'll have to ask Aaron. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473477&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: This Will be the Biggest Year In The History of Xbox]]> Microsoft's robust X10 video game showcase this week in San Francisco was just the tip of the iceberg for the Xbox 360's 2010 offerings, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg told Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5470588&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft Points Were Never Meant To "Mislead People"]]> Like Nintendo's currency of the same name, Microsoft's "Points" have been confusing people since they were first released, humans being accustomed to think of money spent in terms of, well, money spent. Not some abstract points scheme. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5453422&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Natal Focus On "New Original Games," Not Motion Control For Existing Ones]]> Microsoft says that it's planning on bringing "entirely new original experiences to life" with the addition of Project Natal's controller free add-on later this year, not on reworking already existing games to make them Natal ready. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5444895&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Crackdown 2 Blows Up First Half of 2010]]> You're already likely well aware that 2010 should be a better year for Xbox 360 games and exclusives, but did you know that one of those, Crackdown 2, may be coming sooner than you had expected? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5431638&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: "Halo: Reach Will Be The Biggest Game of 2010"]]> This year, 2009, isn't yet over, but Microsoft is already talking about next year — namely the biggest game of next year. That game, says Microsoft, will be Halo: Reach. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5423995&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Black Friday Gives Xbox "Biggest Sales Week" Of Year]]> Get ready to for some corporate gloating, Microsoft-style, in the coming days. According to the company's Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, the Xbox 360 just had its "biggest sales week of the year." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5415758&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: We Will Outsell PS3 This Gen]]> Time for the baseball analogies! Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg compares the console wars to a game of baseball. So, batter up. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5383070&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Price Cuts Sales Spikes Are Short Term]]> The Xbox 360 is cheaper. The PS3 is cheaper. That means that both are, well, cheaper for people to buy. And that means more people buy the consoles. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5364621&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Xbox 360 Not Even At Halfway Point, No Slim Planned]]> There are no plans for a slimmed down version of the Xbox 360, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg told Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346771&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: There Will Be "No New Console"]]> Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer indicated that the company would be releasing a new Xbox 360 in 2010, one featuring a built-in camera. That seemingly confirmed a new hardware configuration with the company's Project Natal built-in. Microsoft's official word? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5296104&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft Respond To "New Xbox" Rumors]]> Over the weekend, 1UP ran a rumour that a new Xbox console would be launching next year, to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Project Natal motion-sensing camera. Today, Microsoft responds. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5292223&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Xbox Live: 2,500,000,000 Achievements Unlocked]]> Xbox 360, PC, Wii, doesn't matter, everybody loves online user statistics. Especially when, they get into the billions, as was revealed by Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg last week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5199520&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Worst Of Xbox 360 Hardware Failure Behind Us"]]> Three flashing red lights on the Xbox 360 represents "general system failure." Nicknamed "The Red Ring of Death," this system failure has plagued the Xbox 360 console for years. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5155397&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pachter Breaks Up Fight Between Kaz, Greenberg, Claims Both Are Right]]> Gentlemen, gentlemen, please. Why don't we stop all this console manufacturer bickering and make peace? Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai and Xbox 360 director Aaron Greenberg are both right. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5136672&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Aaron Greenberg Disagrees With Kaz Hirai, Bites Him In Face]]> Gotta love this harsh economic climate. It's dragging executive shit-talking back to its 2006-07 heyday. Latest example? Aaron Greenberg's response to Kaz Hirai's "console leadership" quips to the Official PlayStation Magazine. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5135956&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Talks CES, Xbox 360 In '09 And Beyond]]> We caught up with Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, to chat about the console's presence at CES, the year ahead and the number 17 million. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5127839&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[CES 09: Microsoft Responds To Sony's Console Add-On "Peddling" Claims]]> Earlier this week, Sony sent us an oddly timed media bulletin, trumpeting the PlayStation 3's value versus the Wii and Xbox 360. It also accused Nintendo and Microsoft of "peddling add-ons." What say you, Microsoft? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5128008&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft Dates PlayStation 3 Price Drop For Springtime]]> The PlayStation 3 will get a price drop in 2009. It just has to if Sony wants the console to keep up, install base-wise. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg agrees and expects a cheaper PS3 within months. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5125706&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: We've Sold 28 Million Xbox 360s]]> The Redmond giant and relative newcomer to the console wars revealed that it has sold over 28 million Xbox 360s since launch. Yes, that's much more than the originals Xbox's lifetime sales. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5124107&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Xbox Live Christmas Crash Won't Happen Again]]> With Microsoft sporting a cheaper console and the need to upgrade all new Xbox 360s to the New Xbox Experience come Christmas morning, it seems that a repeat of last year's Live crash is imminent. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106957&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft Prepared For the Winter of Our Economic Discontent]]> Microsoft may not be looking at further price cuts for their console as the country tip-toes through this recession, but they're looking at ways to make their console attractive to thrift-minded families. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106920&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Xbox Experience Brought a Jump in Online Sales to Live]]> Since the launch of the New Xbox Experience, the avatar-friendly, Xbox Live redesign, sales on the Xbox 360's Live marketplace have as much as tripled, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 said today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106854&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg: We'll Outsell PS3 Worldwide This Holiday]]> September marked the Xbox 360's best month of 2008, in terms of sales in the U.S — its performance in Japan hasn't been too bad either. Following a price cut that made the 360 the least expensive current generation console on the market, the company moved 347,200 units to American consumers. While it wasn't enough to supplant the Wii as the best selling console in the country, it was enough to beat the competition from Sony. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5065004&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Greenberg Claims Japanese Devs "Tremendous Shift" to 360]]> Well, here we go again. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, talking to slightly-interest party Major Nelson, says he's never seen such a "tremendous shift" in developer loyalty, and he means from Sony and to Microsoft. Guess we couldn't expect him to keep from smack talking after the Tekken 6 news earlier this week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5062188&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Japanese Sell Out Is "Totally Legit"]]> In mid-August, a seemingly unbelievable thing happened: The Xbox 360 sold out in Japan. Unbelievable because for years Japan ignored the Microsoft game console. But there we were, mid-August and an Xbox 360 sell out. This came just as Namco Bandai RPG Tales of Vesperia hit the Xbox 360. It got so bad that Microsoft actually had to issue an apology for the sell out. September saw a Microsoft Tokyo press conference that announced a console price cut that would hit when stores were restocked with consoles. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5061068&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Talking the New Xbox Live Experience for a Short Ride]]> Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, may not have been wearing a velvet smoking jacket, but he still had some pretty sexy stuff to show off today in a hotel room opposite the convention hall today. Greenberg walked a group of journalists through a demonstration of the live and kicking New Xbox Live experience. Showing us a bit about avatar creation, how friends will show up in the 3D world and how games, movies and such will be listed. We even got to see a couple of environments. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5060925&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The New Xbox Experience: Just The Facts (And Maybe Some Conjecture)]]> Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg and Marc Whitten lead a Community Roundtable discussion following the company's E3 media briefing, giving us further insight into the changes coming to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Officially dubbed the New Xbox Experience, the update was said by Whitten to be a response to the glut of content on Xbox Live, a system he claims was built with hundreds of pieces of content in mind, not tens of thousands — or potentially millions, as Whitten posited. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5025143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Greenberg: The Wii? Total Fad]]> Ah, it just wouldn't be an Aaron Greenberg interview without a little juice to it, would it? Xbox's director of product management has, while speaking with Gamasutra, re-iterated a common and well-worn theme amongst Microsoft (and Sony) executives that, after new gamers buy themselves a Wii, they'll eventually "graduate" to a 360 or PS3. And why will they graduate? Well, because of another wll-worn argument: that the Wii is a fad: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022228&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Microsoft Home to Most Exclusives"]]> Earlier in the week, a massive pre-E3 leak sprung, flooding the internet with what seems like future Microsoft announcements. But apparently the company has more up its sleeve! According to Microsoft ladies man Aaron Greenberg: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018216&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Aaron Greenberg: Ladies Man]]> It’s Kotaku After Dark. Time to set the mood. This should about do it! You may normally know him as Microsoft’s Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, but tonight (well, at GDC, but oldies can still be goodies), no. No, tonight, Aaron Greenberg’s playing the P.I.M.P. with a couple of Penthouse Pets, discussing the kinda shit he likes to get up to in the hot-tub. Yes, really. Sadly the vid's not embeddable, so you'll have to hit the link. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017063&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft "Not Happy" With Overcrowded LIVE]]> Microsoft is not happy. That's why it's de-listing Xbox Live Arcade titles that no one liked and no one bought. Problem? Too much stuff! Live Marketplace's cup runneth over with some 17,000 items and that makes Microsoft unhappy, says Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft's product management director for Xbox 360 and Live. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5013234&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony, MS Provide Fresh Spin On GTA IV Sales]]> First week sales figures provided by Microsoft, courtesy of unnamed retailers, put sales of Grand Theft Auto IV at 60% for the Xbox 360 version, 40% for the PlayStation 3 version. A win, undoubtedly, for Microsoft. N'Gai Croal of Level Up got his hands on some GameStop-only sales data, which puts the percentage more accurately at 64% on the Microsoft side, 36% on the Sony side. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5008784&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: "The Battle For The Core User Is Sort Of Over"]]> Ah, here's what was missing from Microsoft's post-NPD gloat: fightin' words. Speaking with Next-Gen, Xbox group product manager Aaron Greenberg has been talking all kinds of shit about how Microsoft has already won the battle for the core gamer.
I think the battle for the core user is sort of over, if you will. We're heading now well beyond 20 million in console sales.
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