I can't believe how much shit people are giving others for saying they want Yusef gone.
Yes on the one hand it is shitty to want someone to be fired but when you're talking about one of the heads of a whole division who is a millionaire and will have no trouble sliming his way into another company I don’t see what the issue is. Fact is he is a big cause of concern for anyone who follows the industry because he seems to like saying the worst possible thing when he is ever spoken to and for those who actually want Microsoft to succeed it’s a totally fair opinion to have.
Now if people were saying 'good' at everyone else who is getting the sack then yeah, that would be terrible as there is bound to be many who won't have such an easy time bouncing back as Yusuf but I have yet to see anyone do that.
I'm surprised everyone's defending one MS man but are seemingly fine with 6k people losing their jobs.. You know hope it all works out for the poorer people who will struggle to get a job because 6k other people are looking..
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.
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.
If I was a boss of a gaming company and the chief marketing officer for said gaming system constantly showed that his views for the system were being rejected by the main userbase and constantly opened his mouth and repeated the same anti-gamer, anti-consumer garbage and was always rejected very loudly, then yeah, I would fire him or at the very least demote him to a much more insignificant position.
Have they had Nokia long enough to even know where to make cuts? Hasn't it only been a few months?
Someone needs to translate, Xbox > Xbox.
But in all seriousness. Those marketing teams most likely translate, get commercial time on TV add spaces in newspapers etc. etc. and take care of the countries legal stuff regarding the marketing.
Honestly, if the current marketing team was in charge of translating the content, I hope they outsource it to better suited companies and we'll get better results, because all the translations in French are awful. Mistakes everywhere, voice commands that don't even make sense, ...
Xbox Europe marketing deserves to be fired. All the ads for the Xbox One are atrocious.
I don't know if people deserve to be fired but MS's marketing at least here in Eastern Europe is literally nonexistent from the OG Xbox days till today...Sony on the other hand is on a whole other level, especially during the PS3 era they did a great job.
It's very fitting that they choose a football player as their icon for their marketing campaign last December....
Wait, are you trying to tell me that Microsoft has people doing Xbox marketing in Europe?
True but this isn't blind dislike. We have very good reasons here for our disdain.Nothing amusing about people loosing their jobs. Especially not just because GAF doesnt like them.
But yeah Xbox Marketing in europe has to be tough right now.
Wait, are you trying to tell me that Microsoft has people doing Xbox marketing in Europe?
Well in western europe they just use the american ads and localize it so not really anything missed.
Sony on the other hand have their own ad campaign for europe atleast they try.
The "Come On" ad did have an English football (soccer) player, though, so it's not like they're completely oblivious of cultural differences. Well, not as far as UK is concerned anyway.
Says a lot about you if that's what you got out of this article lol.About time, Xbox is doing terrible...
Nobody is fine with 6000 people losing their jobs, but nobody is spewing ridiculous hate-fueled bullshit against 5999 of those people.
Because the guy is fucking horrible at his job and I'm saying this as someone who likes MS and the Xbox team. Him and Mattrick almost cost them permanently and they're still just now turning things around. But he still open his mouth and says the dumbest shit like people aren't buying Xbox Ones because they're too satisfied with the 360.
Same. I want incompetent people who STILL spew bullshit to lose their jobs. Nobody wants good, hardworking honest people to lose their jobs.
that's not what I said
ive never been on a forum before where people actually want others to get fired and lose their jobs. That is a fucking new low for me.
Why not? I'm not trying to hide my opinion under trolling. I do think Microsoft's hardware is poorly designed and unreliable. I had plenty of their devices to base my opinion on experience. And I consider Xbox One a terrible design failure: a console which can't render fullHD in 2013 is a joke. Surface tablets? How can a tablet have two irreplaceable fans which will break or become really noisy in about 2 years of use. That's failed design for me. A 360 I had was also terribly noisy. Why? Because they saved on fans and heat management.
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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.
The XB1 hasn't even launched in many countries in Europe.
PlayStation has never, ever been presented as "Japanese" or pushed anything Japanese on anyone.
Woaahh, I'm not going to defend these guys but to say that you actually hope that they get kicked out of their job is a bit too far ain't it.
I know Yusuf Mehdi isn't the most likable person on the Xbox team but he isn't afraid to tell how he perceives things, no matter how much you hate what he says. There's an entire team involved, the things that happen at Xbox aren't just one mans decisions.
Not officially no, but you can get them in many places, including the flag in your avatar, without much of a problem.
sure yeah, i mean they just sit there with zero advertisement.
Here in the Netherlands, I get semi-daily e-mails from big gaming chains that they have Xbox Ones in stock ever since it launched in germany.
Sure, it's not a microsoft sponsored marketing campaign, but people who are interested in gaming certainly haven't missed the fact that you can purchase one right now.
Choosing a player from the Premier League would naturally alienate fans and it was a dumb move, much like Sega plastering Dreamcast all over Arsenals kit, which I was disgusted by, being a Spurs fan!
Sony's Marketing has been pretty decent, but nothing like the PS1/ PS2 days imo.
A lot of Marketing these days really is more subtle.
Xbox Europe marketing deserves to be fired. All the ads for the Xbox One are atrocious.
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.
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.
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
Xbox Europe marketing deserves to be fired. All the ads for the Xbox One are atrocious.
Whattttt?
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