Xbox President Don Mattrick Leaving For Zynga - UPDATED
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Add one more to the enormous chorus of "wat".
I feel like I'm reading an Onion article. It's too bizarrely perfect and unexpected.
I feel like I'm reading an Onion article. It's too bizarrely perfect and unexpected.
OK, I really don't get this - The man was at the forefront of one of the worst PR disasters this industry has ever seen. His own comments have likely cost his company millions in sales. He has personally done a metric fuckton of damage to the XBox brand...
...and companies are lining up to hire him? Why? It makes no sense! If I was a greedy corporate bigwig in the industry, this would be the LAST guy I'd want to hire. Even if I don't give two shits about the XBone, it's still a person who was given a job and not only did he do it poorly, he actively fucked it up. It's like hiring a guy to watch your house over the summer, but you know that the last house he watched got set on fire. By him.
Can anybody explain this to me?
...and companies are lining up to hire him? Why? It makes no sense! If I was a greedy corporate bigwig in the industry, this would be the LAST guy I'd want to hire. Even if I don't give two shits about the XBone, it's still a person who was given a job and not only did he do it poorly, he actively fucked it up. It's like hiring a guy to watch your house over the summer, but you know that the last house he watched got set on fire. By him.
Can anybody explain this to me?
I hate it when people shit-talk Zynga. Once a year I play FV for a month. The staff not only fix every single complaint I have within 24 hours, but they give me free in-game items for it. All you have to do is contact them directly & be polite, instead of being a snotty little b**ch in the forums & praying a mod forwards your complaint to someone who actually works at the company.
Yet companies continue to beg for bail-out money from the government.mbarker said:
Then they wonder why they got into the position in the first place.
It sort of seems like some form of new noble class has formed - the CEO. You can only become a CEO if another CEO decides to adopt you as a CEO of one of their umbrella companies. When you are a CEO you can only be a CEO and only CEOs can become CEOs.
wait, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.
he knew this he is going to move to antoher company. a company that is direct competitor to the one he works for right now. so he sabotaged the project to remove one console otu of the way and make more PC gamers for Zynga. This has been his ploy all along. i congratulate you on how cunningly you pulled this though!
he knew this he is going to move to antoher company. a company that is direct competitor to the one he works for right now. so he sabotaged the project to remove one console otu of the way and make more PC gamers for Zynga. This has been his ploy all along. i congratulate you on how cunningly you pulled this though!
This has been a blast to read from start to finish in the forums.
I've been laughing this whole time.NiPah said:
Unfortunately your guess is as good as mine on that front.canadamus_prime said:
Though i think MS were kicking him out after the... spectacular PR he gave after the Xbone reveal and at E3, and EA might have been considering headhunting him but decided against it after the same incidents.
After which he took the highest paying job he was offered. Whether or not he knew anything recent about Zynga is a whole other debate.
After the whole E3 thing he must have become poisonous. I cannot imagine why Zynga would hire him.
All the Xbone bad PR has stuck to him and he will forever be associated with it.
He's basically the Ed Gein of the videogame industry.
Because like with Ed Gein, no matter how nice a person he could potentially be, it's impossible to forget he made lampshades out of human skin.
All the Xbone bad PR has stuck to him and he will forever be associated with it.
He's basically the Ed Gein of the videogame industry.
Because like with Ed Gein, no matter how nice a person he could potentially be, it's impossible to forget he made lampshades out of human skin.
Excellent. That leaves Microsoft in a better position and thank fuck EA didn't take him (although the fact they really wanted to is disturbing). Zynga is the perfect place for him - put him away from serious games and let him fuck with people already playing their games online and online only.
EA is on a bent to restore its image. They stopped online passes, plan to restructure Origin to be more "friendly" to gamers (given their history, that sounds scary), got rid of Riccitiello (he "stepped down," which is corporate speak for being forced out). Cautious optimism would not be unwarranted.
Then we find that EA wanted Mattrick to replace Riccitiello.
If you really want to kill yourselves, EA, there are better, more efficient ways to do it.
Then we find that EA wanted Mattrick to replace Riccitiello.
If you really want to kill yourselves, EA, there are better, more efficient ways to do it.
Are you kidding? EA probably looked at this guy's recent PR... statements and said "This guy's perfect!" ¬__¬gigastar said:
I'm forced to admit that he may do a good job at Zynga because of bizzaro-universe political correctness.
(Honestly though, Zynga does a lot of free to play games, so maybe it is smart to send the guy who blatantly refuses to help sales)
(Honestly though, Zynga does a lot of free to play games, so maybe it is smart to send the guy who blatantly refuses to help sales)
Your first reaction might be "What?" followed by "LOL".
The truth behind this is: "Don: crap, my job security doesn't look too good". "Zynga: Want a ton of money, Don, to work for us?". "Don: OKAY!".
Simple as that.
The truth behind this is: "Don: crap, my job security doesn't look too good". "Zynga: Want a ton of money, Don, to work for us?". "Don: OKAY!".
Simple as that.