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Xbox Chief Peter Moore Leaves Microsoft

By Nate Mook and Ed Oswald, BetaNews

July 17, 2007, 4:31 PM

UPDATED Less than a day after he chastised Sony for failing to be successful in Japan with the PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox chief Peter Moore has abruptly resigned from Microsoft. Moore will become president of EA's Sports division.

Succeeding Moore at Microsoft will be Don Mattrick, who was formerly president of game development Electronic Arts. Mattrick will become senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes the Xbox and Games for Windows groups.

Microsoft said Moore was leaving the company out of a desire to return to the San Francisco Bay area, citing "personal reasons" as the driving factor. Still, industry watchers are speculating that Microsoft's struggles in the gaming market and the incredible pressure facing Moore specifically were partly to blame for his departure.

Earlier this month, Microsoft said it would take a $1 billion charge in order to repair faulty Xbox 360 consoles, which had seen an "unacceptable" number of hardware failures. And despite its entry to the market coming a year after the Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii has quickly become the industry leader.

“While Peter will certainly be missed, we are delighted to have one of the industry’s most talented and passionate veterans on board to lead the business,” remarked Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "Don is well-known and respected throughout the industry for his deep knowledge, technical expertise and management savvy."

Mattrick began working with Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division in February as an external advisor; it's unclear if Microsoft knew of Moore's departure plans at that point. But the management change comes at an unusual time for Microsoft - just after E3 and right as the company prepares to ramp up its game library for the crucial holiday season.

"At this point, Don does have some big shoes to fill and while the Xbox is doing well in the market, there's a number of challenges that they face going forward. Don needs to articulate his strategy relatively soon, especially as we head into the all important fourth quarter," Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg wrote on his blog.

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By cranbers

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 10:00 PM

I think I certainly would love having my butt kissed by a new company.

I would also love getting out of the way of all the fire from the recent xbox 360 issues. I mean 1 billion dollars being lost because every single xbox 360 sold has an issue which means it will have to be replaced?

I bet ballmer threw some chairs at him for this one, so he said im leaving and getting some cash and some glory for a highly successful game company. I mean the sad thing is in corporate america who is going to get spanked for an issue with a product? The person in charge that is. Not bill gates or ballmer, those are the guys who will be putting their boot up this guys arse.

He prob should of left about a year ago before fire rained down on him.

The real sad thing is that if Microsoft were Nintendo in this position it probably would of made them go Belly up, but thanks to Microsoft's cash cows they have been milking for over a decade now they can make mistakes with quality control like this and its no big deal. Has there been any major issues with the wii like the xbox 360 and the ps3? Nope, want to know why? Because Nintendo would be bankrupt therefore quality control and innovation is a must. xbox 360 and ps3 are being paid for by other products the companies make, after all the division that xbox 360 is in has yet to make any money at all, not good for a company and for others like Nintendo it would be life or death. Shortcuts may save money but in microsoft's and sony's case it leads to more money being lost.

I mean look at the issue with the game discs being scratched, the console did it unprovoked and by no means user error, and microsoft is going to charge the customer 20 dollars for a replacement disc? WTF? I would personal write a letter to microsoft to shove the console where the son doesn't shine and special order a wii while boycotting everything else microsoft makes in the process.

I owned a 360 for a short time and I remember while I was playing a game the console was int he vertical position, it was slightly nudged were talking barely touched and the cd acted like the console was thrown across the room. I knew something was very wrong at that moment.

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By mshulman

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 7:46 PM

Wow, some of these posts are really funny. Thanks for all the good laughs Steve.

If anything is up at Microsoft, its just them wanting to have a reliable console. Everything else with the 360 is a success. Downloadable games, downloadable content, downloadable TV shows and movies.. its not going anywhere.

I just recently purchased a PS3. There are 0 games out right now that appeal to me. I've played every demo available and none make me want to buy the game. I either already have it on 360 or its so similiar to other games, that its just not worthwhile. Lair is one of the few on the horizon that I'll probably pick up.

My point - 360 may be less reliable, but you can make much more use of it. I suppose if one can barely afford a PS3 though, then the lack of games probably won't matter since they probably can't afford them either. :)

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By Jordanr05

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 3:24 PM

For some reason I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say this is mainly to see his family. Let's face it, he's getting older, has s*** loads of money, and his family lives in the Bay Area (a gorgeous place). All of a sudden he gets a job offer from the world's largest game producer.....it just seems obvious.

At the same time, it's clear the XBOX division needs a change of leadership, and Moore himself surely realized that. The division won't be profitable for a while - but that's never been a surprise to Microsoft. They want to build market share first, and with the kind of cash flow they have, it makes perfect sense.

My conclusion? He gave himself the boot, but the main driving factor was to be with his family. We are biologically predisposed to "belong" to lasting relationships afterall.

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By Hocuspokus

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 4:52 PM

Hmmmm, I see he's gone to EA.

I wonder what sort of implications that will have in future?

It'll be interesting to see EAs behaviour in the coming year or 2.

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By Steve Austin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 4:23 PM

As usual, incorrect. The 1.5m from from EA, as an upfront payment, NOT from Microsoft.

Peter Moore has left Microsoft under a very dark cloud, 2 weeks after an embarrasing E3, and admissions of serious reliability issues on the 360.

http://biz.gamedaily.com...d=AOLGAM000500000000017

2 Reasons Moore was booted out of Microsoft:

1/ http://www.gamefreax.com.../n/1163157611-27523.jpg

2/ http://cache.kotaku.com/...xboxjapantoughsales.jpg

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By Hocuspokus

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 4:52 PM

Ooops, you're right & I misread the reason for the $1.5 million (but it was hardly the crux of my post).

EA obviously rate the guy very highly.

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By robmanic44

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 10:59 AM

Resign is always corporate speak for quit voluntarily or we'll fire you. They usually say what a wonderful guy you are and how much you'll be missed.

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By pitdingo

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 10:52 AM

S.O.S. ABANDON SHIP!!!! ABANDON SHIP!!!!!!!!

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By Hocuspokus

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 12:46 PM

You (so obviously) wish.

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By Ramhound

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:22 AM

Hocuspokus

No he was just fired.

In the case of Peter Moore, he can say on his watch XBOX 360 had the leading market share. If you love or hate Sony you have to admit they did something wrong with their newest product. Trying to sell a $250 machine is hard enough when times are tough. You have to really really have a good product at $400. Anything past $400 I consider a major purchase, and its evident to me that a huge group of people feel the same way as I do.

Playstation 3 is just to much money for what it does. Sure it plays HD Movies but I don't have a HDTV. You want to know why? Because I don't have $1000 to get a decent size HDTV. So looking at a Playstation 3 many people, as I do, question if its worth it.

It might get those blockbuster games, but I have to tell you. I recently bought a PS2 used, I am going back trying to play those games I missed, I can tel you this I have not found a single game that was better than Dead Rising or Super Paper Mario.

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By Hocuspokus

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 12:08 PM

Ramhound you seem to be making the mistake that I could care less whether he jumped or was pushed.

The net result is that he left the job.

Someone else has taken charge and things will move on.

TBH you'd have to be some sort of crack-head to imagine a senior head (or 2) wouldn't roll for the last couple of months they have had.

I just found the Sony shill/drones comment about him 'abandoning the XBox' laughably pathetic and as worthless as always....but it is only what we have come to expect from those quarters.

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By Hocuspokus

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 7:49 AM

Guy leaves job.

Not quite the same impact eh?

When the PS3 head honcho was pushed out/retired was that him abandoning the PS3?

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By Ray Dorset

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 10:44 AM

Kutargi retied, it was always his intention after PS3 was on the market, this was announced well before the PS3 was even launched.. Check the facts before you make yourself look an idiot (as usual).

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By Hocuspokus

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 12:08 PM

LMAO.

Yeah Ray, whatever you need to believe, eh?

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 3:32 AM

Peter Moore abandons the Xbox 360

http://www.theinquirer.n...ault.aspx?article=41060

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By Niro

posted Jul 19, 2007 - 12:48 AM

What is this fetish of yours with the inquirer? Didn't we discuss these already steve? We all know that the inquirer is just not a source you want to rely on if fact is what you are trying to find...but, whatever you need to do to make the company you work for look better, eh?

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 3:36 AM

Another one of his favorite reliable sources.

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By DotNet_Coder

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 10:42 AM

*laughing* I was thinking the same thing...

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By Ramhound

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 1:43 AM

Peter Moore wanted to work on the Wii. Lets hope Sony's people stay with Sony, at least with Peter Moore he has had some luck in the industry recently.

I am kidding people its clear he feels he can offer more to the gaming crowd by being head of EA Sports division.

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By Hocuspokus

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 8:20 PM

People moving between the big companies?

Happens all the time.

Same as that guy Richard Doherty (who was with Microsoft but who used to be with Sony) who supposedly sparked a controversy earlier in the year.

He's (Richard Doherty) at it again pretending Universal might go neutral after talks later this summer
(this one is always some point away off in the future).

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By Steve Austin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 3:21 AM

a Quick google shows two things.

http://news.com.com/5208...ageID=71868&start=0

1/ the guy used to work for PANASONIC, not SONY

2/ He is such an obscure individual inside Microsoft HD-DVD division, that you must be a insider yourself to know this.

Looks like this Microsoft insider has been exposed.

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By Hocuspokus

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 12:11 PM

"1/ the guy used to work for PANASONIC, not SONY"

- Oooops. my mistake then (if this is true).

The actual point is he was on the Blu-ray side in this to begin with and moved to Microsoft.

"2/ He is such an obscure individual inside Microsoft HD-DVD division"

- Well he can't have been that obscure seeing as he was the source at a seminar that 'biased Bill Hunt' used a couple of months back to claim Microsoft were on the verge of ditching HD DVD to switch over entirely to downloaded HD content.

(.....and considering the coverage that little spat got you've got to have been wasting waaaaaaaay to much time trolling here to have missed that one)

You'll also find the he's now referred to as part of the 'Envisioneering Group' (whatever they're meant to be).

"I don't see any resolution (to the format battle) coming until at least the end of the year," Envisioneering Group tech guru Richard Doherty says."
http://www.variety.com/a...?categoryid=20&cs=1

"that you must be a insider yourself to know this."

- No it's just that as with most of you Sony/PS3/BD shills & drones you just don't know the subject anything like as well as you pretend to.

"Looks like this Microsoft insider has been exposed."

- Hilarious.
That's the funniest thing I read all day (and it's only 10:40am here).
Ta for that, you tragic tw*t.

Dream on your ludicrous day-dreams, moron.....go on, admit it, in your head you're a real 'James Bond' in all of this, eh?
LMFAO.

As I have said repeatedly I don't work for anyone in this (and never ever have either) you idiot.
I'm retired actually.

Bye-bye Steve, run away before you make yourself look any more ridiculous.

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By ogman

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 6:37 PM

This almost sounds like a baseball trade. Is there a player to be named later?

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By alexweber15

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:11 AM

LOL
maybe a prospect or something :D

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 6:13 PM

It kind of reminded me in the early days of the Xbox 1 when EA didn't want Microsoft to do the online for their games on Xbox Live. It looks like times have changed.

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:47 PM

In the same week that shareholders of the Xbox division sell all their shares...

Hmm, something is up...

From a division that's never made a cent, but lost $7 Billion.

Bad time to buy a Xbox methinks.

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By mshulman

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 7:48 PM

The division is not only Xbox. It includes the Zune too along with other areas, so its not as if Xbox alone has lost $7 billion.

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By kashin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 12:12 AM

What about Ken Kutaragi getting his a$$ fired? Let's talk about that. He ruined Sony's gaming division and then pretended to "step down". Hilarious.

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By Paul Skinner

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 4:26 PM

I may have been horribly suckered in by Steve, but I do seem to remember Kutaragi annoucing he'd leave after the PS3 before it got in to real development.

I'll try and hunt out a source later.

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By siryak

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 7:37 PM

He moved there to be with his family.

Couldn't imagine anyone that would want to do that. [sarcasm]

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 8:07 PM

Of course he did. The Xbox exec sold all his shares to buy another car..

Carry on believing this. There is something big going down at Microsoft... Did you see the lacklustre Microsoft E3, nothing but a green Xbox to show off..

Throwing in the towel, I think..

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 3:31 AM

I've never seen anyone talk so much bs. Thank you Steve for the good entertainment.

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By siryak

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 10:34 PM

Ignorance at its' best. ^^^ Only you Steve would try to spin a man going to be with his family into a big "conspiracy."

Lets see with MS their attach rate is higher than any other console, they are coming out with a 360 that is cheaper and more reliable to produce, sales are good, and the 360 is looking to be profitable in the not so distant future. I see no reason to throw in the towel.

Sony on the other hand is loosing money hand and foot, their attach rate is poor, and profitability right now is just a distant thought.

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 2:47 AM

That's quite funny. You used 360 and relaible in the same sentence...

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:27 AM

That is quite funny. You avoided the whole post. Is it very reliable right now? No not really. Will it be reliable in the near future with the 65nm chip? Highly likely.

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By Ray Dorset

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 10:48 AM

But not guarenteed. If Microsoft's past history on cost cutting goes, they will do aload of other stuff, and produce another shoddy console, sell it to another million consumers, and then decide to abandon it, and launch the Xbox 720

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By SGD

posted Jul 19, 2007 - 1:01 PM

A million I thought they have sold way more than that. Maybe you are thinking of Sony only selling one million PS3's in their own country.

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By Setian^Stalker

posted Jul 19, 2007 - 5:39 AM

Sony make shoddy products in japan all the time. Evidently PS3 was actually decent hardware for once.
You either love them or hate them here.

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 11:35 AM

LMAO! That has got to be the biggest load of crap I have ever heard. Do you not at least try to sound somewhat intelligent? Your post is a bunch of FUD with nothing to back it up.

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By SGD

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 9:50 PM

When ever you see anything about MS its a conspiracy. Get over yourself.

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By bobthegoat2001

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 6:14 PM

"Bad time to buy a Xbox methinks."

Nope. It's still selling better than the PS3 and has more games and exclusives.

...

And he runs away.

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By DotNet_Coder

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 9:13 PM

Interesting articles... although no one, not a single person, brought sony or the ps3 into this discussion.

But, with that said: The company has sold 1.4 million PS3 units to date and expects to move 11 million units worldwide by fiscal Mar. 2008. (from http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=4496)

This might be of interest:
US hardware sales figures - March 2007
Nintendo DS 508,000
PlayStation 2 280,000
Wii 259,000
Xbox 360 199,000
PlayStation Portable 180,000
Game Boy Advance 148,000
PlayStation 3 130,000
GameCube 22,000

from (http://gamer.blorge.com/...x-360-and-ps3-in-the-us/)

and this http://www.roughlydrafte...-8283-CAF3F4B353FF.html

Interesting that Sony's price drop is only a temporary solution to their lagging sales: http://www.betanews.com/...ly_Temporary/1184341133

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By Paul Skinner

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 4:30 PM

"Interesting articles... although no one, not a single person, brought sony or the ps3 into this discussion."

Erm... he did.

"Nope. It's still selling better than the PS3 and has more games and exclusives."

/pedantic

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By Steve Austin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 3:31 AM

"But, with that said: The company has sold 1.4 million PS3 units to date and expects to move 11 million units worldwide by fiscal Mar. 2008."

OK, your obviously an idiot, and can't tell the difference between north american sales numbers and gloabl numbers.

the 1.4 Million is NORTH AMERICA
the 11 Million is GLOBALLY

The current global sales of the PS3 is 4.5 Million.

They have sold over a million in Japan alone, making your 1.4 million number nonsense.

http://www.forbes.com/ma...7/07/18/afx3924642.html

We also know that the 1,000,000 European units sold out in 8 weeks since launch (1m + 1m + 1.4m) = 3.4m The Euro numbers are higher since then (0.6m) = 4m, and Australia/NZ and other Asia outside Japan are also not included in those numebers.

So 4.5 million is a true number.

You obviously have problems reading the date, as it's no longer March 2007. It's not mid July. Still any old idiot can trawl a load of news sites, find the worst and post it...

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:33 AM

"Still any old idiot can trawl a load of news sites, find the worst and post it..."

You have thoroughly proven that time and time again.

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By kashin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 12:17 AM

"Interesting articles... although no one, not a single person, brought sony or the ps3 into this discussion."

He has a large list of Anit-Microsft/Pro-Sony links that he posts to every single Sony or Microsoft article. He is the epitome of the word "fanboy" to its most extreme.

Also, in your "This might be of interest" quote, looks to me like the 360 is STILL outselling the PS3, even though it's been out a year longer. You would think everyone who wanted a 360 would've already bought one, no? Don't you love when Sony fanboys "pwn themselves" as my friend would put it? He posts an Anti-Microsoft link that turns out to show you just how badly the PS3 is doing. Priceless.

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By SGD

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 9:51 PM

Don't worry Steve will respond with some off the wall fanboy site stuff or the inquierer. You know reputable stuff.

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 2:53 AM

Yep, The Inquirer, that was reputable, when it was posting PS3 bashing stuff. As soon as it says something bad aboutt eh 360, it's suddenly not credible anymore.

You are a total hypocrite.

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:34 AM

Steve you are posting utter and complete BS! I have never seen anyone but you and your fellow fanboys post a link to the inquirer. It wasn't credible then and it is not credible now!

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By SGD

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 8:44 AM

That would be true if I have used them as a source but guess what dip shi* I have not ever used them as a source.

You are the hypocrite.

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By pridewalker

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:46 PM

Bach selling off his stocks, and now this? Something definitely seems...wrong...about this.

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By pplchamp1

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:04 PM

Peter Moore is the new President of EA Sports. It was just announced today and there is a story over at IGN.

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By bourgeoisdude

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:18 PM

LOL that's hilarious...a former president of EA Games game development joins MS to take the place of a guy who leaves microsoft to be head of EA sports...

...Coincidence?

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By phenomnaruto

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:25 PM

looks like they switched hitters lol

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By pplchamp1

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:20 PM

Oh the irony.

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By canester1

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 4:55 PM

The higher ups probably didn't like his "we're not doing too well in Japan, but at least we knew we wouldn't, so Ha!" attitude. What a douche.

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By terminalx

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 4:53 PM

Hm, maybe all the issues that the xbox had were his fault.

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By bourgeoisdude

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 5:01 PM

Maybe...that could explain his rather quick and abrupt departure.

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By Alex Stevens

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 4:51 PM

Voluntarily resigned or told to get the F out? I think the latter. Probably for doing such a crappy job in Japan himself. Maybe they'll get someone in now who understands that market and the type of games they want.

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By plague201

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 5:31 PM

"Maybe they'll get someone in now who understands that market and the type of games they want."

The 360 wouldn't sell in Japan even if it was a Japanese guy running it. Simply put, for the Japanese: if it isn't Japanese they wont buy it. Especially if there are other alternatives.

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By SGD

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 6:54 PM

The PS3 is Japanese and they aren't buying that.

Maybe if MS made games that they liked they would buy it.

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By Steve Austin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 3:25 AM

Is that why there is 300,000 pre orders for the latest PS3 golf game?

http://news.filefront.co...-golf-5-300000-in-japan/

Are you SURE the PS3 is not selling in Japan?

http://www.forbes.com/ma...7/07/18/afx3924642.html

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By kashin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 12:20 AM

"Are you SURE the PS3 is not selling in Japan?"

Sure as sure can be. Everybody already knows the PS3 is not selling in Japan, and no random pointless link to random pointless article is going to change that fact.

You fail at trolling.

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By SGD

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 9:53 PM

Yes I am sure troller.

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By DotNet_Coder

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 9:27 PM

and yet again...

http://spong.com/article/12794?cb=285

Ummmm, pretty sure that the PS3 is doing just slightly better there than it is here in the US. But, hey, Sony rules your universe, right?

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By kashin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 12:22 AM

Saying that the PS3 is doing slightly better at home than in the states doesn't mean much. I mean, I would HOPE so. But if you look at it from this angle, the Wii has sold FIVE TIMES more units than the PS3 last month. Nintendo is sticking it to Sony real hard on their home turf. This is the Japanese console market, which Sony has been dominating for years. Now that's just sad.

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By Steve Austin

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 3:25 AM

They have sold over 1,000,000 PS3's in Japan..

http://www.forbes.com/ma...7/07/18/afx3924642.html

Not as sad as the Wii outselling the 360

36 to 1

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By SGD

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 8:54 AM

Run to that story again. We understand and accept the fact that the Wii is favored in most markets. But according to you the Wii doesn't count this generation so why do you bring it up? Don't forget that the system that does not count is destroying your beloved PS3. Than again the PS2 is out selling the PS3 and that is real sad. That must mean that the PS2 is a better system.

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By Alex Stevens

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 6:53 PM

"Simply put, for the Japanese: if it isn't Japanese they wont buy it."

That's really a derogatory, blanket statement. I also don't happen to agree with it.

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By plague201

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 10:16 PM

I don't think its derogatory. For years Americans bought US cars because they we're "Made in the USA". Now the hottest selling cars in America are Japanese. Even more simply put, the Japanese know our (I'm American) quality standards are worse than raw sewage.

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By SGD

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 8:57 AM

What I find interesting is Japanese cars are more American than the American cars. Many American cars are made in Mexico or Canada. Did you ever think of that part of the story?

The quality is much improved in recent years so. In fact many are on par with foreign cars.

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By dvferret

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 4:48 PM

Yah that is very strange.

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By bourgeoisdude

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 4:46 PM

I smell something fishey...this just doesn't seem--heck, I dunno. Leaving abruptly for no reason? Ransom, maybe? Seriously, something's not right here.

Yeah, I'm paranoid, sorry :)

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By ogman

edited Jul 17, 2007 - 6:36 PM

You may or may not be paranoid, but not about this. "Personal reasons" is business-speak for "you screwed up, get the hell out." Some other news of late would seem to indicate that the Xbox group in having some serious problems, but probably nothing they can't recover from.

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By siryak

posted Jul 17, 2007 - 7:39 PM

Get a clue. He moved there because he wanted to be with his family that lives there.

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By ogman

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 7:02 AM

Uh, yeah. As sure of that as you seem, I think money had a lot more to do with it. The latest news seems to indicate he got "bags and bags of money" to make the move, including a $1.5 million signing bonus and $330,000 to cover the move.

EA sucks right now, having completely ruined their rep with bad games even and customer service. They seem to think Moore can fix that and they were willing to pay to get his help. I don't know how Moore is going to help if EA doesn't stop putting out games with crippling copy protection and annual game rehashes that aren't worth the dvd they are burned on.

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By siryak

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 9:41 AM

It is not that hard to put the pieces together. Here let me do it for you. His family lives in the Bay Area...He does not. He wants to be with his family. He gets offered a job at EA. He jumps on it like stink on a skunk because it is close to his family. Money for him is most likely a NON issue. He could probably retire right now and live VERY comfortably.

I do hope he brings improvement to EA, because like you say right now they are the most hated publisher out there. The first thing he needs to do is to quit forcing people to use their POS servers. Then he needs to get some innovation into those games rehashes like you said.

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By ogman

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 1:23 PM

I'm not sure (not matter how vehement you are) that "family" has all that much to do with it.

Things were/are not going well for Xbox as I think upper MS management would like. I think he may have seen the writing on the wall a while back and thought the EA job sounded interesting. Without knowing what the compensation package at Microsoft was, it's hard to tell how significant the money was. I do know is that corporate climbers very rarely let "family" influence any business decision and money is NEVER a non-issue for these guys.

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 8:53 PM

Whatever you haft to tell yourself ogman. *wink*

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By Steve Austin

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 3:00 AM

Sure. We all know you believe everything Microsoft tells you.

"There is no reliability issues".

"There is a HDMI cable coming for the premium"

"There is no disc scrating issues"

"Our console will be around for 8-10 years" (the original xbox!)

"he is moving there because his family lives there"

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By siryak

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:42 AM

See my post above!

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 4:17 AM

Some of those are questionable, but at least there not as bad as Sony's lies.

"Were not lowering the price of the PS3, no, wait yes we are, but only temporarily."

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By Ray Dorset

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 5:07 AM

I don't see anything wrong with that statement, any company with any sense would only mention a price drop, at the very last minute, to prevent a sales stall.

And nobody knows for sure that the price drop isn't permenent, it's an assumption based on Sony saying they are running down stocks of 60GB units. There is nothing to say that a bare (ie. no Motorstorm) 80GB unit won't replace it at the $499 pricepoint in the runup to Xmas (in all likelyhood it will, as the 80GB units are cheaper to produce that the current 60GB units).

These "lies" are you call them, are normal buisness practice for all companies, not just Sony.

I am willing to say that guaranteed the $499 PS3 is here to stay (be it 60GB/80GB or whatever), however are YOU willing to go on record at say that it won't?

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By Hocuspokus

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 7:47 AM

"I am willing to say that guaranteed the $499 PS3 is here to stay (be it 60GB/80GB or whatever), however are YOU willing to go on record at say that it won't?"

- LMAO, "go on the record", on a magazine website.

Hilarious, the ludicrously puffed up & tragic little delusions of small lives/'minds' at work.

....do you also refer to yourself (elsewhere) as a 'Blu-ray insider', hmmmmm?

Good job no-one is laughably psychotic enough to trawl back through hundreds of threads & posts to see just what you've previously said "on the record" (ffs) here, eh Ray?

Go on admit it Ray, do you catalogue & store links to various comments to cast them up later?

You, like a few of the other more amusing Sony fanboys here (especially the reallyderanged ones using multiple identites....is that you too?) need therapy & medical help, seriously.
Get some strong meds, start using them & stay off the PC......a lie down in a darkened room for a couple of hours a day might help you some too.

On 2nd thoughts don't; you lot are just too funny.

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By Ray Dorset

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 8:07 AM

No, I don't but there are plenty of losers here that do go back and trawl up comments from the past.

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By Hocuspokus

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 9:22 AM

"I don't but there are plenty of losers here that do go back and trawl up comments from the past."

- Thanks for putting that 'on the record' Ray.

:P ;)

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By Ray Dorset

edited Jul 18, 2007 - 10:45 AM

I do note with interest, that bobthegoat2001 has not bothered commenting, perhaps he realises his comment holds no water.

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By SGD

posted Jul 18, 2007 - 11:24 AM

I also note that you have failed to respond in anyway to several posts. So I guess that means you also hold no water. Like many have mentioned before we already know the answer to that.

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