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[Dick Jones]

So he wasn't actually a military man?

Stolen Valor!

He was a real hero. He got two purple hearts in the great console war in 2013.

 

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[DaGwaphics]

This news confirms me he was fired over his ABK comments

What had he said about ABK?

 

[Draugoth]

What had he said about ABK?

Some emails leaked saying that the buyout was to kill PlayStation

 

[BouncyFrag]

Sounds like one of those old regional wrestling territories.

 

[adamsapple]

Some emails leaked saying that the buyout was to kill PlayStation

Are you confusing this with Matt Booty's 'outspend' commend?

 

[Draugoth]

Are you confusing this with Matt Booty's 'outspend' commend?

Oh my bad, it was Matt Booty

 

[VolticArchangel]

J U D A S

 

[MarkMe2525]

Good luck to him.

 

[TVexperto]

That seems like a huge step down.

Maybe his end of employment w/MS wasn’t his choice? Or maybe he just wanted a more low key job, which would be understandable.

I think he was fired. I mean what even did he do at MS last 2 years?

 

[Panajev2001a]

Some emails leaked saying that the buyout was to kill PlayStation

[…]

 

[Mr Reasonable]

That seems like a huge step down.

Maybe his end of employment w/MS wasn’t his choice? Or maybe he just wanted a more low key job, which would be understandable.

I think there's a good chance that his job evolved significantly as time went by, until it basically was bespoke to his skills, experience, etc. and I can imagine it would be very difficult to find a similar role elsewhere.

I can imagine various circumstances under which a role like that would be hard to keep budgeted in a corporate structure, as well as various changes in marketing environment. I can imagine a situation where Major Nelson would be heavily involved in E3 plans, setting up the daily live show, for example. With no E3 for a few years, things change.

I can imagine he'd bring a good amount of value to the right team though, he must have a great selection of press and media contacts for a start.