“Since joining IEB more than six years ago, Don and his team have accomplished much. Xbox Live members grew from 6 million to 48 million. Xbox 360 became the No. 1 selling console in North America the past two years. We introduced Kinect and have sold more than 24 million sensors. We released fantastic games, and, most importantly, we expanded Xbox to go beyond great gaming to deliver all the entertainment people want” … “including Bing, Xbox Live, Internet Explorer, SkyDrive and Skype. And, just as important, Xbox Games, Xbox Video, Xbox Music and SmartGlass light up Windows PCs, tablets and phones.” Steve Ballmer en el mail de despedida a Don Mattrick
Microsoft acaba de perder al hombre que llevó a Xbox de ser un intento de consola a ser una que estuvo a punto de cambiar el paradigma de juegos por la próxima década, le va a doler perder a Don Mattrick que ahora es CEO de Zynga reemplazando a Mark Pincus un CEO al que ya nadie quiere ver en su puesto y no hablo solo de inversores (-70% desde su IPO) sino de empleados y el mismo mercado de gaming.
