BREAKING: Moore quits the Microsoft!

BREAKING: Moore quits Microsoft!

BIG NEWS: Moore will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a former president of EA and current external adviser for Microsoft, who will now lead the Interactive Entertainment Business for Microsoft.

Peter Moore, corporate vice president of interactive entertainment business, entertainment and devices division at Microsoft (Aka head of Xbox), will be soon leaving the company to head up EA Sports.

This is definitely a big surprise...

I wonder if is just a matter of corporate bonus (like he says) or that something bad is happening at the Xbox division.

Dunno, this brings bad memories from the DC days...

Source

 

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14566

Mine was first :munky:

 

Could be a conspiracy...M$ invades EA and takes over...hum...Hostile or friendly take over...

 

Yeah I know, but mine's better:nod::lol:

 

Ask me if its gonna change my mind about getting a 360.

 

Is it going to change your mind about the X360?

 

I don't see this as anything big really, for either company. It's just a rotation, and they re professionals, nothing personal.

 

Heads must roll folks. Something tells me that Chez MS things are NOT happy!

 

makes me wonder if it was Moore's loud mouth that caused the 3 year warranty promise along with the 1.5 billion dollar cost.

Legally speaking, the only reason he'd have to clear his desk (out of dignity mostly, to avoid public humiliation) would be for some shady business as a director.

 

If heads must roll for M$ than what about sony?? Sort of reminds me of a little kid with a balloon the little kid being nintendo. balloons being M$ and sony

Maybe M$ wanted some AO games

 

Or the lack of proper tests on production prototypes that may have shown the need for better cooling.

Either way, I doubt he wanted to leave due to his family: you dont get 2 tattoes for your company just to quit cuz you cant stand a long trip to your job...

 

He's taking one for the team one would assume.

Also Sony already have changed management around.

 

This is where I see the Microsoft being to crumble...
...Running parallel to when the Sega went down, we need to fill the gaping hole where the 3rd competitor should be!

 

Has anyone thought that maybe he just wants a change of scenery? Not every move has to be the death knell for a company.

 

Kutagari stepped down and I don't see Sony collapsing. So what's to say that with Moore stepping down will cause MS to do it?

Sure it's eating up money more than it's making, but it is a console that will be around for years and about 1-2more years is when they will be making a profit from it.

 

Sega:
Lack of money, console that's having trouble keeping up with competition, bad rep, Moore steps down.

Microsoft:
Lack of money, console that's having trouble keeping up with competition, bad rep, Moore steps down.

(yes I copied and pasted)

 

Lack of money?

We are talking about Microsoft right?

 

Lack of shareholder approval more like it.

Don't confuse money with projected growth and projected income. Companies are hellbent by their constitution to be profitable - thus, any division that isn't profitable within a reasonable time-frame is cut-off or the directors could get in all sorts of shitty swamps.

 

I'd count being $4 billion down low on cash, whether or not Daddy Bill can bail them out or not, cause there are shareholders to please, and they are the ones that run the show.