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[Banjo64]

Spanish youtuber and personality "Puerta al Sótano" was recently at a Flight Sim event. Aaron Greenberg was there too. PR person apparently asked fans which games they wanted to see again.

"Puerta al Sótano" answered "Banjo-Kazooie" and apparently Aaron said "Nobody cares about Banjo Kazooie".

Source:



Pretty funny that the random tweet announcing Tooie on NSO garnered 25 thousand likes.



If true, just goes to further prove that Xbox have no regard for their own studios’ gaming heritage.

 

[Banjo64]

Top comment nails it:

This is just bad taste to say this about any IP you own, no matter how small. It's like if Nintendo said nobody cares about F-zero, it may be true to some extent, but why upset fans like that?

 

[Kotaro]

and this is why Xbox is failing, and will never become the default platform for gaming

 

[geary]

Is true…People scream about old IPs to get new iterations, but they wont buy them…Market changed

 

[lh032]

i hope this guy replace Phil.

 

[Skifi28]

He's still busy with Hellblade's marketing. Let the man cook instead of asking him silly questions.

 

[Gaiff]

Aaron Greenberg is an idiot and one of the main reasons the Xbox brand is failing.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Never change, Aaron!

 

[Banjo64]

Just for fun:

Perfect Dark sales 2.52m
Perfect Dark Zero sales 1m

Fable trilogy total sales 7m

Banjo Kazooie sales 3.65m
Banjo Tooie sales 1.5m

 

[Robb]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

And this is why your consoles stopped selling.

Nobody cares about Xbox

 

[Klayzer]

Worst public relations professional in the business. That guy does more harm to the brand (Xbox), than any Sony soldier ever could.

 

[nowhat]

and this is why Xbox is failing, and will never become the default platform for gaming

Hey come on now, maybe they could pull off an Astro Bot. With planes!

...oh wait, that's kinda what Flight Simulator is. And still a niche. Carry on!

 

[Barakov]

Greenberg is a having a Jim Ryan moment.

 

[Fabieter]

Nobaby cares about greenberg is more accurate.

 

[BigLee74]

Banjo what?

 

[jm89]

Aaron Greenberg is an idiot and one of the main reasons the Xbox brand is failing.

Sounds like another promotion is in order.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Aaron Greenberg said "Nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie at a Flight Sim event" - Ok
Aaron Greenberg said "Nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie" at a Flight Sim event - Not ok.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Microsoft should sell the IP if they think it's worthless. Someone else might make and release a Banjo game for its fans.

But Xbox is a freakin' hoarder of IPs that cares nothing about games, gamers, or the industry.

 

[Team Andromeda]

And for once he's right.
3D platform games don't sell like they used too, not even Astrobot set the sales charts alight and after all the hype Yooka laylee didn't sell that good despite all those 'Banjo' fans desperate for a new game.

Remakes might be a better way to go if one looks at Crash

 

[Cakeboxer]

And for once he's right.
3D platform games don't sell like they used too, not even Astrobot set the sales charts alight and after all the hype Yooka laylee didn't sell that good despite all those 'Banjo' fans desperate for a new game.
at Crash

It will after the game awards. There is zero competition this year and look how much It Takes Two sold with the award.

 

[Heisenberg007]

And for once he's right.
3D platform games don't sell like they used too, not even Astrobot set the sales charts alight and after all the hype Yooka laylee didn't sell that good despite all those 'Banjo' fans desperate for a new game.

Remakes might be a better way to go if one looks at Crash

Why are we trying to revise history?

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/16/astro-bot-launch-sales-us-uk/

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/08/playstation-store-september-2024s-top-downloads/

 

[Fabieter]

And for once he's right.
3D platform games don't sell like they used too, not even Astrobot set the sales charts alight and after all the hype Yooka laylee didn't sell that good despite all those 'Banjo' fans desperate for a new game.

Remakes might be a better way to go if one looks at Crash

Big difference between no no cares or it doesn't sell like it used to.

 

[DAHGAMING]

This mother fuckers pushing me to buy that full Playstation tracksuit I have been eyeing up and breaking free of my Xbox chains.

 

[Dafegamer]

Actually shows how out of touch Microsoft is

 

[Dafegamer]

Why are we trying to revise history?

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/16/astro-bot-launch-sales-us-uk/

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/08/playstation-store-september-2024s-top-downloads/

Yeah, I assume poster was living under a rock the last few Weeks

 

[Xtib81]

He's not wrong. It's a niche IP.

 

[Ozzie666]

A sequel for Banjo deserves a better fate than Gamepass trash. Work with Nintendo on it for a cross platform experience, a lot of people WOULD care Aaron.

News at 11, Microsoft doesn't understand gaming.

 

[SenkiDala]

OK next I'm gonna make a thread "SOCOM is gay and we'll never make one again, said Sony's CEO at a Gran Truismo event, my cousin told me".

 

[xrnzaaas]

Idiotic statement to be made from a guy high up in public relations. You're damaging your IP (no matter how small or forgotten it is) and also the image of your company, so basically failing at your (most likely high paid) job.

And it doesn't even have to be a true statement if you look at successes of Crash or Astro Bot. A GOOD comeback from a talented studio could sell copies, the genre didn't die like some of the others.

 

[GHG]

Why are we trying to revise history?

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/16/astro-bot-launch-sales-us-uk/

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/08/playstation-store-september-2024s-top-downloads/

Not only that:

Yooka-Laylee becomes fastest selling game to reach £1 million on Kickstarter - This Is My Joystick!

Old-school platforming game Yooka-Laylee rapidly reaches £1 million in funding on Kickstarter.

thisismyjoystick.com

Yooka-Laylee Has Managed to Sell Over One Million Copies

Since releasing last spring, Playtonic Games' spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee, has managed to sell over one million copies. The

twinfinite.net

Dude is as out of touch with reality as Greenberg.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Not only that:

Yooka-Laylee becomes fastest selling game to reach £1 million on Kickstarter - This Is My Joystick!

Old-school platforming game Yooka-Laylee rapidly reaches £1 million in funding on Kickstarter.

thisismyjoystick.com

Yooka-Laylee Has Managed to Sell Over One Million Copies

Since releasing last spring, Playtonic Games' spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee, has managed to sell over one million copies. The

twinfinite.net

Dude is as out of touch with reality as Greenberg.

Defending Greenberg's statements is not easy!

 

[Kenneth Haight]

How is this guy still employed lol

 

[Big Baller]

He should stream with davidjaffe

 

[gow3isben]

Aaron Greenberg is an idiot and one of the main reasons the Xbox brand is failing.

Come on he has zero decision making capabilities. His job is to spin a narrative which no one can do from the pile of shit the actual execs cooked up.

What's next ColtEastwood is a big reason for Xbox having been wiped out of console race too?

 

[Gaiff]

Come on he has zero decision making capabilities. His job is to spin a narrative which no one can do from the pile of shit the actual execs cooked up.

What's next ColtEastwood is a big reason for Xbox having been wiped out of console race too?

Comparing the head of marketing to a random Twitter mouthbreather. Makes sense.

 

[yurqqa]

It's like promoting new cartoon and saying that nobody cares about classic Disney cartoons anymore.
If you are in the marketing - have a respect for you customers, give them a good story why they should care about your game.

And definitely don't tell them something that could be interpreted as "If you still care about something you enjoyed in you childhood, you're out of touch".
It's you who are out of touch, not your customers.

 

[Radical_3d]

Aaron Greenberg is an idiot and one of the main reasons the Xbox brand is failing.

Came here to say exactly this. I still don’t understand why a meritocracy system keeps a guy like this on the top.

 

[Skifi28]

I still don’t understand why a meritocracy system keeps a guy like this on the top.

Especially when he's so bottom heavy.

 

[MayauMiao]

He's not wrong. It's a niche IP.

True, like the Xbox.

 

[DenchDeckard]

If this is true. Just fucking sack this guy. What a dick head.

 

[Reaseru]

That hurts, Aaron.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

These companies care about money. His words make perfect sense to me tbh.

Xbox will be all about the big IPs. Activision will be COD factory. Rare won't go back to old IPs now that Sea of Thieves is a hit. Bethesda will never leave Fallout for that reason as well.

They care about those sales and let's face it...Banjo Kazooie is niche.

 

[Darkkahn]

Aaron Greenberg is awesome, he should become head of Xbox!

 

[SJRB]

This guy is the VP of Marketing for Xbox by the way, which is hilarious in so many ways.

Not very good at your job are you, Aaron.

 

[Calico345]

Banjo what?

Banjo Hawk-TOOIE!

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Unfortunately, he’s not wrong though especially if it’s on the XBOX. Banjo as good it was is a niche franchise. These companies don’t care about the history or fanbase of a game, but only games they think are going to print money for them. That’s why Sony refuses to give us another Bloodborne for example. Xbox gamers rarely buy games and I don’t see a presumably cutesy platformer changing that tradition unfortunately. How Banjo would perform on other platforms remains to be seen especially after AstroBot’s success though.

 

[I'm nobody]

Nobaby cares about greenberg is more accurate.

Its true

 

[Yoboman]

Rare is a GAAS studio now

Conker and Banjo are never coming back

 

[violence]

I think they’ve been that way for a while. The last banjo kazoo game, nuts and bolts, made fun of itself for past games being a collectathon. This was due to part 3 being canceled and the reasons that were given to them by Xbox.