Microsoft Xbox head Don Mattrick leaving Microsoft, report says

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-head...oft-report-says/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=emp​

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Probably one of the best news I have heard. This guy was a d**k. He ruined the reputation of Microsoft and XBox One and I am glad this asshat left Microsoft. There are rumors he might go to Zynga, but it's still a bunch of rumors. For now though, this is news that should please the gaming community.​

 

Actually, it's no longer a rumor

Read more at http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...Leaving-For-Zynga-UPDATED#EXtj3WJR9rIwW23A.99

 

Sorry for any bashing, but:

If Mattrick is as much of a ****ing ass as he's been for this year so far:

He really shouldn't be in a position of power. Seriously, the warning signs were blaring since February. Orth got sacked for his comments in February on Twitter which was ALREADY causing a stir about the Internet. He never listened to the community who has been complaining non-stop since the One was revealed and if it wasn't for people refusing to even preorder and get publicly spanked by Sony on E3, he probably still be standing there saying: "Well, I don't know what it's like living on a nuclear sub, but they can play the 360."

He should've been sacked for his comments and be in the same position as Orth instead of a transfer to another company. Maybe he knew he was moving and was trying to go out with the biggest bang ever, but he and Nelson never lifted a finger to prove that they were wrong and refused to listen to the concerned voices. They kept on plowing on saying it was: "worth it" and "wait and see" if the One had any redeemable values, which it is getting worse, they did nothing to improve it while Sony laid out the groundwork in front of everyone, until their sales plunged to the point where they realized they were going to lose money.

Most likely, no matter what they do right now unless they remove the Kinect, publicly apologize and offer free candy they'd win the race. They are going to suffer, and though Mattrick wasn't the full force behind it, he was one of the most damning in my opinion. His comments alone about the armed forces and people who live in a place with bad Internet let alone saying: "Hey there's the 360." when your COMPETITOR just publicly said: "You don't need internet to play our games." Is not only insulting to the people who are defending the U.S. and people who live in a place with bad Internet. (me) It drives people in droves to your competitor.

Good riddance Mattrick, I barely knew you, but you managed to piss me off in two weeks. That rarely happens to someone off the Internet. I hope you get sacked someday publicly for your actions. But for now, I hope Microsoft licks their wounds and manages to pull themselves out of the problems he has caused.

Sorry for the rant.

 

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He might not have had much say. MS might have been pushing for him to leave since the One became a huge fiasco.

And I have no idea who Steve Ballmer is. TO GOOGLE!!!!!

EDIT: ...... Wait.......... Is he the one who made Windows 8 DESPITE all the complaints about how terrible it is and they needed to fix all the ****** problems and then just flipped off their users with making a windows box that leads to that interface which is impossible without a touchpad?

If so............... **** me.

 

Seems like Microsoft is finding the worst people to create their stuff. Hell, they make EA look like angels.

 

I wouldn't be bashing too much, I'm not sure...

All I know was that he took Bill Gates's spot after he left MS. If he was CEO during the time Windows 8 came out, then yes, I totally agree with you. They're quickly falling apart there and it is a bad sign they keep on hiring people who are famous for not listening to people who are going to buy their product.

 

Not to mention, FACEBOOK GAMES WILL NOW BE ALWAYS ONLINE AND REQUIRE YOU TO CHECK IN EVERY 24 HOURS.

Oh Lord just when Facebook games couldn't get any more annoying...

 

NONONONONONONONONO

The CEO of Microsoft is being the CEO of Zynga, not the other way around.

 

He's also the guy in charge of Windows Surface, Windows Vista, Bing and Zune ;)

 

Mattrick isn't CEO of MS, he's president of the Xbox division with a fancy title.

Anyway, dear Lord... There goes the MSS Titanic. :P

 

He is taking the hit for microsoft... ok.

 

Aaaahahahahaha

Just a bunch of out-of-touch old farts jumping from rock to rock in a landslide. Enjoy the trip down, ye high and mighty!

I wonder if the new guy's also gonna belt out a bunch of ludicrous statements then quit. That would be the funniest thing I've seen all year.

 

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Mattrick REALLY didn't do well this year for Microsoft. He was one of the major spearheaders of the Xbox One and the fans reaction who will buy the system was mostly terrible. The backlash was even worse even before they showed the console in a press conference because of the rumors going on.

When the One was shown, none of the issues that people had and the rumors being spread were confirmed and then afterwards there were more leaks than a leaky faucet. Some were fake, most were real. The backlash got worse and even the biggest fans of the Xbox went to Sony in flat-out refusal of buying the system. This included 24 hour Internet check in, lack of games, though some waited for E3, the Kinect always being on, and no buying/selling used games without a most likely sixty dollar fee tacked on.

Xbox did nothing to really stop all this and actually made it worse before E3 by posting their policies that confirmed everything that most of the fans really were angry about and didn't want. Not including some actually don't really fit into the spectrum of the new console requirement. I for instance don't have enough space for a Kinect and didn't like the prospect of having one in my home, even if you can turn it off, the mic is still on, I depend heavily on used games on my budget, buying and selling, and I have an unreliable Internet which most of my state has the same issue.

Mattrick went on after E3 where Sony publicly spanked Xbox by telling the media on stage during THEIR conference that they were doing the complete opposite of everything MS was doing. I predicted along with many others if they did that, they'd win the war. Mattrick decided in a public interview to tell a reporter with a microphone problem they were fixing with the camera still rolling, mind you, that he didn't see the problem with always online issues and that there's a console if you have a bad Internet called the 360.

He somehow forgot to mention that his competitor just publicly said that you didn't have to worry about that with their new console.

He also went on to mention the biggest concern was the armed forces. Who in their spare time of not fighting do play video games. I have heard a lot of soldiers who are off duty right now mentioning this and a friend of mine studying to be a naval officer at a military academy telling me that it would be impossible via live. This would not be optional for the forces, they couldn't play the one, period. Mattrick said he didn't know what it was like to be in a nuclear sub, but he said he guessed they couldn't play the system either.

I haven't even gotten into MS deleting the original interview, harassing customers at the Nintendo Best Buy E3 event which if it's true I still see Nintendo doing a huge backlash on MS and Best Buy for allowing that **** to happen, and paying people to not only give good reviews and comments about their product, but bullying the press into making their product sound better than it is. Angry Joe interviewed Major Nelson and the guy yanked his mic out of his hand and was very in your face during the whole interview. That and the PR was harassing Joe off Camera so much that he admitted afterwards he felt tremendously uncomfortable and didn't get to do some of his questions. That's not Mattrick directly, but he's in charge of these people and should have better control of situations like this.

Both Mattrick and Nelson, granted, went on with this whole publicity stunt from E3 until now heavily defending the One and it's policies saying it's the "future" and it's "great for gaming". Without ever really explaining WHY except saying their policies would be best for gaming and the new future. This drove more and more fans away and a lot even now are refusing to buy the system because they simply don't trust a word MS says about their policies and/or the fact that they tried to do this in the first place.

That and Mattrick hasn't said a word in apology for his ******* comments and insults to the armed forces and people who were angry about his comments in the last seven months. Even when he finally retracted all the policies, he said it in such an insulting way some people said that it made it look like it was OUR fault that this was changed, he also removed the things that were good for the console because of what the consumers said about his policies. This has been a very bad backlash amongst gamers who blame the complainers for the removal of the good stuff from the One.

Maybe Mattrick has some talent, maybe he's a good guy who just ran into a shitton of bad luck that is plaguing him and he's too stubborn to realize it. Maybe it's because the fact his ego is too huge right now to realize he's been an idiot who pissed a lot of people off, or maybe he's always been like this and this is the first time he's crashed down so hard from his pedestal. The 360 was spectacular, Halo 3 is still one of my favorite games, Mass Effect Series was amazing, the Kinect........ Well, some people liked it, I have heard a lot of negativity also, especially from gamers.

But right now, the reason why people are celebrating is because they have seen him in the last six months drag not only the Xbox brand, but Microsoft through the festering mud so much that they have lost a good amount of their base. Its not just Mattrick, I see others involved, but he was in charge and he called the shots. And he made a lot of terrible ones recently enough for people to hate him.

 

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