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« on: July 02, 2013, 12:12:04 AM »
First, the atrocious XBone launch disaster and now this?  It can't be a coincidence.  Is this a sign of the end of MSFT?



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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 01:07:07 AM »
Zynga is almost dead. Kinda fitting he almost sunk XBox and joins a ship half sunk. Total corp muppet
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 06:37:52 AM »
Let's not forget that Microsoft wouldn't have done what they did unless they were sure Sony was going to implement the same things. I bet you Sony had a meeting and said, "let's wait to see what MS is doing then we'll make our big announcement." Sony was playing it safe, while Microsoft had the guts to boldly go with their plan. So, I don't think it's right to say Mattrick sunk Xbox.

This is a lateral move for him. He was a head of a department with Microsoft and now he potentially will be at the top of a company. He's a businessman, it's just what they do.
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 09:27:32 AM »
Quote from: Ryudo on July 02, 2013, 01:07:07 AM
Zynga is almost dead. Kinda fitting he almost sunk XBox and joins a ship half sunk. Total corp muppet

I actually thought the same thing.

I knew Zynga floundered completely on the stock market but the news of them dropping some other big wig and picking up Mattrick had given them a little more life.

I guess he really really loved that always online business model.
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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2013, 11:00:26 AM »
How can one guy leaving be the end of Microsoft?
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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2013, 11:21:38 AM »
Quote from: Tynstar on July 02, 2013, 11:00:26 AM
How can one guy leaving be the end of Microsoft?

Well, compare MS with Bill Gates there to now.
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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2013, 04:45:32 PM »
Quote from: SirPsycho on July 02, 2013, 11:21:38 AM
Quote from: Tynstar on July 02, 2013, 11:00:26 AM
How can one guy leaving be the end of Microsoft?

Well, compare MS with Bill Gates there to now.

Yep still worth a ton of money. Plus this is the Xbox division not Microsoft.
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2013, 07:56:58 PM »
Not to mention Gates took a backseat at MS years before he left. Don was upfront til yesterday
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2013, 08:49:06 PM »
This doesn't surprise me one bit. After his poor handling of the Xbox situation he's smart for taking a ticket out.

At the end of the day, it really doesn't matter much. I doubt that he was the master mind behind all of this.
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2013, 09:41:51 PM »
Quote from: Tynstar on July 02, 2013, 11:00:26 AM
How can one guy leaving be the end of Microsoft?

What i meant by that was the end of microsoft is the console business. 
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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2013, 11:57:17 PM »
I think if he stayed MS was going to use him as a whipping boy.

He was the public face through the whole Xbox One fiasco so he was going to be the fall guy.

Maybe he got out before this happened to him:
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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2013, 04:36:26 PM »
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