Xbox
President leaves Microsoft for Zynga
This
is the same guy that told people to buy a Xbox 360 if they wanted an
offline system.
Despite
what the companies are saying about the switch up, this has to be an
early exit after letting the PR ball slip with that DRM incident.
I'm sure he was planning on leaving, but I think he was shown the
door early by MS. It makes it even stranger that he worked at
Microsoft, profitable company, but he's going to a struggling gaming
company. Zynga is considered annoying and cheap by many gamers. Has
anyone played Farmville lately? Is there anything he can do to turn
the tide at Zynga? Since Facebook dropped them, no one's talked
about playing their games.
Was
he the one truly responsible for all the DRM stuff involved with the
Xbox One? Probably, but I am sure he had support from above. When
the Internet blew up over the DRM issue, I think the company wanted
someone to blame, and he probably needed to take some of that blame. It just seems odd to let him leave right before the launch of the new system.
It reminds me of the time when Sega fired the US president of Sega during the hoopla of their launch .
So long and thanks for all the fish,
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