Microsoft: PS3 is "heading south"
Greenberg talks up PS3 decline
Speaking in the wake of the latest NPD figures for February, Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg has lashed out at the retail performance of Sony's PS3 console.
The outspoken boss says that the next-gen console is "hemorrhaging at retail", after the 360 outsold the PS3 by in the region of 100,000 units last month stateside.
"You can't underestimate that we're half the price of the PS3 at a time when consumers were looking for great value," Greenberg told Gamasutra today.
"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," he continued, presumably sporting a Cheshire-like grin. "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."
Despite Greenberg's assertions, PS3 sales were actually up dramatically over the previous total for January, despite the 360's dominance.
