Xbox President Don Mattrick Leaving For Zynga - UPDATED
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This is Don Mattrick a few weeks from now.
With that said, I'm really surprised that he is leaving Microfost.
I think he was actually fired just like Adam Orth for not keeping his mouth shut, but to avoid more PR problems nowadays it's called "leaving".
Well yes, but why would Don Mattick want to take the helm of Zynga? Wouldn't that be like wanting to take the helm of the Hindenburg? ...after it crashed?gigastar said:
I guess always on meant that much to him he had to develop facebook games, good luck to him... at least i'll never have to worry about him.
I'm slightly nauseous about the entire console war, and all the pseudo political Bee Es that it's turning into it's like some mythical holy war and all these characters are the martyrs that died to enslave the human race and turn us into a matrix-esque money farm.
and, that would probably make a better game than anything that's been farted out of the proposed 'next gen' sideways sofar
/sadface
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( totally a valid metaphor! )
I'm slightly nauseous about the entire console war, and all the pseudo political Bee Es that it's turning into it's like some mythical holy war and all these characters are the martyrs that died to enslave the human race and turn us into a matrix-esque money farm.
and, that would probably make a better game than anything that's been farted out of the proposed 'next gen' sideways sofar
/sadface
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hah! well if the flames are out then get in while the gettin's good.. there might be some gold fillings he can scavenge from the dead.canadamus_prime said:
( totally a valid metaphor! )
No no no, I doubt that would be the case. It's much more likely EA has their eye Orth. Since EA has quite the "Deal with it" mentality.NiPah said:
It is quite common for people to want to seek out like-minded individuals who share their views and ideals in common. Zynga wants money and does so by fucking over other people. Don Mattrick wants money and does so by fucking over other companies.Daystar Clarion said:
...Well, I'll be. It's like a match made in heaven. Seriously, this guy was doing every possible PR blunder imaginable for Microsoft so they're a whole lot better off without him. And seriously, EA and Zynga were actually fighting over this guy? They wanted him to lead their mess? And he seriously picked Zynga, of all places!?!?!?
But yeah, RJ 17 said it best with his alternative title for this article:
But yeah, RJ 17 said it best with his alternative title for this article:
RJ 17 said:
No gif or image can even begin to express how violently I laughed at the last line of this post.Angelous Wang said:
Anywho, I can see any number of reasons that he would have gone to Zynga. The most obvious being that he saw some bad stuff coming his way due to his own incompetence and wanted to haul ass out of Microsoft before the big spiked boot hit him on the way out.
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No, he's an ignorant bastard and I'll say so if I want to.
I personally love his comment about working on a nuclear submarine and how he showed zero consideration for any the poor sailor who sent that to him. "Too bad troops, guess you don't get to play our new games."chiefohara said:
He is a business man, and business men have no place in this medium except to help keep things in line financially. They should NOT in anyway shape or form be allowed to design and dictate what a game console should or should not have or do. I bet you there were people on the design team saying: "Yeah this is totally not going to go well for us" months before E3.
Well, good for Microsoft which generally means good for us. I hope they get a good leader at the helm after this. Someone who understands the target market and gears the product towards them. This could be a major turning point for MS.
I'd say he wasn't a bad CEO necessarily. He had some good ideas but his Microsoft seemed to embody the nature of forcing things people don't want on them rather than giving them a platter and the ability to put what they want on it. Maybe forcing bold advances would really work in some industries but I don't think it'll work in tech. Not when even the people who like tech don't want the things being unnecessarily forced on them.
I'd say he wasn't a bad CEO necessarily. He had some good ideas but his Microsoft seemed to embody the nature of forcing things people don't want on them rather than giving them a platter and the ability to put what they want on it. Maybe forcing bold advances would really work in some industries but I don't think it'll work in tech. Not when even the people who like tech don't want the things being unnecessarily forced on them.
Seriously Andy, stop making this stuff up. April Fools was 3 months ago! Then again, comedy of this brilliance is the kind that only reality can bring us.Andy Chalk said:
Honestly, this is by far the funniest news article I've read on this forum. Every paragraph was more hilarious than the last. I mean just TRY to read that 2nd paragraph without laughing, and then try to read the 3rd paragraph without pissing yourself with laughter. "I've always said ... if I could find someone who could do a better job as our CEO I'd do all I could to recruit and bring that person in. I'm confident Don is that leader." I mean that's the funniest statement that's supposed to be taken seriously that I've heard in a very long time.
Edit: And now, Tim Curry's response to this news: