http://kotaku.com/5128008/ces-09-microsoft-responds-to-sonys-console-add+on-peddling-claims

"First, I would say we absolutely would not want to trade places with Sony," said Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360. "We feel like being half the price of the PS3 served us quite well this holiday."

"The fact that we're doing this at half the price of their platform, we feel confident that we're delivering great value," he added. "I believe that we deliver more value for games and entertainment than any other platform on the market."

Speaking to Greenberg at CES this morning, he expressed Microsoft's anticipation that the sub-$200 price point will give the Xbox 360 the majority of its sales. Greenberg namechecked Sony's success with the PlayStation 2 at the more mass market price, hoping to emulate its last-gen success.

"At the end of the day, consumers vote with their dollar," Greenberg said, adding that he expects to see Microsoft's console sales in December show growth over its 2007 performance, in anticipation of NPD sales data. "I don't think people take comparison grids into retail stores."

"I would rather talk about why you should buy our console than why you shouldn't buy the competitor's system."

This isn't as good as the one with the lubricant

I'm ready for the cat fight
Enjoy! :-p

I think that chart made it rather clear as to why to buy their console instead of the others.

There doesn't seem to be much to fight about here... Sony wrote some PR spin, Microsoft made a very reasonable reply.

The fact that he said he expects December 08 NPD to be higher than 07's basically guarantee's 1.3 million+ for America.

Personally I think such strong opinions shouldn't be expressed in titles... Especially on a matter that is supposed to be informative. First you tell about the situation, then you express your own opinions.

Oh, and although Sony's chart does make sense to some point, it is mostly useless. I can't believe they actually tried that trick. Of course they've been speaking about the value thing but to go this far... I don't know if they're being desperate or just plain stupid.

I'm starting to think Aaron is the "Mouth" of MS.

In the future, try to avoid swearing in your thread title. I know no one ever reads the rules, but you still shouldn't break them.

I think the 2 companies should have a dual, where they can choose between any weapon that has been used in one of their exclusive titles....i would watch it....i would eat popcorn as well