Xbox President Don Mattrick Leaving For Zynga - UPDATED
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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That's it. I'm not even in the real world anymore. Somehow I've jumped into another universe based upon comedy movies.
Somebody send me back to my old universe where things still have some semblance of sanity!
Somebody send me back to my old universe where things still have some semblance of sanity!
Why do I get the feeling all my words with friends games from now on will contain words worshipping money?
It's actually a bet between Microsoft and Zynga. Zynga said even Mattrick couldn't screw their company up more, and MS said "you're on!"Daystar Clarion said:
I'm sorry, but first you have to kill that witch over there and steal her shoes.EstrogenicMuscle said:
I bet cold hard cash his train of thought for this was along the rails of "IF I CAN'T BE THE BEST, I SURE AS HELL CAN BE THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORST"
ew. Sounds like a demotion.
you know, if I had been in charge of zynga during the farmville extravaganza, I like to think i'd have invested the oodles of money people were throwing at me into real game technology, not into wringing derivative drivel out of an overworked, listless workforce.
you know, if I had been in charge of zynga during the farmville extravaganza, I like to think i'd have invested the oodles of money people were throwing at me into real game technology, not into wringing derivative drivel out of an overworked, listless workforce.
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.