The Mehdi witch hunt is ridiculous, you know nothing about him and the way he does his job except for the fact that his position is not focused on gaming, he's not the most natural looking presenter (although, for what it's worth, he seems to be my girlfriend's favorite Microsoft spokesperson because she thinks he's hot), and he's made a few questionable public statements, which is something that most executives in this business have done at some point. GAF can be such a terrible place sometimes.
I hope for all the employees there, that this isnt true. I hope it wasnt xbones fault for this to happen.
It was the Nokia acquisition that caused all of this. They onboarded 30,000 employees with that. Redundancies are usually eliminated after these things.
That is really shitty thing to say that you hope someone gets fired. You know how you solve that problem of someone saying the "wrong things"? you retrain them. You speak to them. You dont fire them just because you personally dont like them.
Have you seen the brand key he has developed? Or how the events or organised are executed? PR is but one element of marketing (You have no idea how he executes his ATL/BTL collaterals) and wishing someone to lose their job is just ridiculous.
Sadly you are right...😡I feel sorry for the people working at Nokia. I bet there'll be a lot of jobs in Finland vanishing into thin air.
I bet this means the XBONE never actually comes out in Portugal now
Marketing is always the first to get hit. I picked the worst subject to major in lol. Cheaper to outsource it for Microsoft.
Most of those will be Nokia jobs. It's funny how when they bought Nokia they said no jobs will be lost. It was a super obvious lie.
. In a perfect world we would have gotten the Lumia line running Android
Global marketing...
Does not seem like something you cut, unless the product line you are marketing is in question.
Nokia and Xbox... Hardware realignment, and spin off could still be a possibility.
. In a perfect world we would have gotten the Lumia line running Android
You can bet xbone is the last traditional console from MS if this is true.
Expect a chromecast/apple tv device from them with cloud gaming.
Current rumors indicate Microsoft is intent on firing up to 12000 people: http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/15/5900763/microsoft-job-cuts-rumors
RIP Xbone
Okay, in a perfect world smartphones would come without an OS and you could pick the one you wanted and everything would just work, also world peace.I don't want to be part of your "perfect world".
Current rumors indicate Microsoft is intent on firing up to 12000 people: http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/15/5900763/microsoft-job-cuts-rumors
RIP Xbone
Great time to do house clean up. Xbox EU, Marketing.. obvious who it is. Get rid of all the loose canons.
Cut internal marketing team, engage external marketing studios. I've seen this shit before.
Great time to do house clean up. Xbox EU, Marketing.. obvious who it is. Get rid of all the loose canons.
It says they're hiring an outside marketing firm instead of having their in house marketing. Apple has been going through a similar process.And Microsoft, like they've been doing for the past half decade or so, decided to do the same thing Apple is doing, I guess? /s
Instead of firing six thousand people why don't they give the highest paid executives pay cuts? At least that way everybody gets to keep their jobs and the already rich executives won't be hurting.
Yeah, I honestly do not see the CEO's directive "to focus on our core" as a positive for either Nokia or Xbox.
I see the releasing/firing of internal people as a first step in pulling back: "to focus on our core"
Our first-party devices will light up digital work and life. Surface Pro 3 is a great example – it is the world's best productivity tablet. In addition, we will build first-party hardware to stimulate more demand for the entire Windows ecosystem. That means at times we'll develop new categories like we did with Surface. It also means we will responsibly make the market for Windows Phone, which is our goal with the Nokia devices and services acquisition.
I also want to share some additional thoughts on Xbox and its importance to Microsoft. As a large company, I think it's critical to define the core, but it's important to make smart choices on other businesses in which we can have fundamental impact and success. The single biggest digital life category, measured in both time and money spent, in a mobile-first world is gaming. We are fortunate to have Xbox in our family to go after this opportunity with unique and bold innovation. Microsoft will continue to vigorously innovate and delight gamers with Xbox. Xbox is one of the most-revered consumer brands, with a growing online community and service, and a raving fan base. We also benefit from many technologies flowing from our gaming efforts into our productivity efforts – core graphics and NUI in Windows, speech recognition in Skype, camera technology in Kinect for Windows, Azure cloud enhancements for GPU simulation and many more. Bottom line, we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft.
I expect that Sony's next console will be the same.You can bet xbone is the last traditional console from MS if this is true.
Expect a chromecast/apple tv device from them with cloud gaming.
Hopefully Yusef is on the chopping block as well.
Why would you want someone to lose their job? What's wrong with you?
He explicitly addressed those points in his latest e-mail to employees
Nokia made their bed....suspect majority of the talent pool left already.
Not only does this make Xbox just a footnote, "Xbox" as a brand also doesn't equate to gaming and Xbox hardware at Microsoft.
They are very clearly pulling back from hardware. With how gravely Xbone has flopped, I don't expect huge future investments into the system/exclusive titles or even a successor.
Read the link. Why is everyone thinking this is Xbox related, did I miss something.All these wrong decisions had to lead to some sort of consequences. Sad for the people that did nothing wrong and now have to pay the bill.
The question is whether they'll keep being active in that smaller market, and Nadella clearly states they will.
Read the link. Why is everyone thinking this is Xbox related, did I miss something.
Not only does this make Xbox just a footnote, "Xbox" as a brand also doesn't equate to gaming and Xbox hardware at Microsoft.
They are very clearly pulling back from hardware. With how gravely Xbone has flopped, I don't expect huge future investments into the system/exclusive titles or even a successor. But they're not going to discontinue the system, either.
Not only does this make Xbox just a footnote, "Xbox" as a brand also doesn't equate to gaming and Xbox hardware at Microsoft.
They are very clearly pulling back from hardware. With how gravely Xbone has flopped, I don't expect huge future investments into the system/exclusive titles or even a successor. But they're not going to discontinue the system, either.