Xbox Creator Says Don Mattrick Had Little Faith In The Console

After the disastrous XB1 reveal at e3, he "left" MS to join Zynga as CEO. After that disastrous stint, he resigned two years later.

To me it just seems the guy is damaged goods right now.

He is a huge reason why the Xbox One started out rough. So glad Phil is at the helm.

Somehow I'm not surprised...and good riddance to him. Btw what is he doing now?

Microsoft has a history of hiring turds. Mattrick was another in a long list. They have a small minority of genius who are constantly held back by MBA types.

Don even tried to wreck what the Xbox brand achieved. I can't believe he tried you know what. Suits are so disconnected from customers.

The guy wrecked everything that MS built with the original XBOX because it had loads of 1st and 3rd party companies wanting to come over and make games that was easy because it used a Windows Kernal system and was basically a PC in a box with no upgrade path. Its sold and made some great franchises like Halo and Forza until Phil Spencer relied on these 2 and then Gears for 360 and X1 because Don had killed off any 1st party and a lot of 3rd devs from it's console division.

Phil is a joke he hasn't listened to Xbox fans at all the 360 was dying slowly and the decent games where on decline Don showed a console which was opposite of what fans wanted they just wanted a new better more powerful gaming console not a media center system. Price was a joke and they didn't even learn after Sony's PS3 announcement but still wanted $500 for it

It's obvious he had no faith in the console. He did everything he could to kill it when he was put in charge of Xbox. The things he did are why the console is limping by to this day...

Closing all of MS's established first party studios in favor of timed 3rd party exclusives, wanting to put an always-onine webcam in peoples' homes until the backlash got so bad, making it more of a cable box than a game console, forcing Kinect as the primary functionality when nobody wanted it after the 360's, ect...

The guy was literally a wrecking ball through the Xbox brand and undid 20 years of building quality gaming studios that were in MS's portfolio. And after he was forced out of MS, then went on to wreak havoc at Zynga. And he WAS asked to resign from MS. He didn't just find a job at Zynga and left.

I'm curious WHY he was put in charge of the Xbox division being he wanted it to fail so badly, and more so, who let him close down all of MS's studios? That affected the PC market as well as Xbox. This is the what people mean when the say that big corporations are out of touch and do things ass backwards. Putting Mattrick in that role was the worst thing to happen to MS's entire gaming division.

As a gamer, there is nothing better than CHOICE. I'm fortunate enough to play on any platform I choose. I've never understood the the level of hatred that competing consoles have created. Some fans have some real insecurities and emotional issues that plague this industry. It makes some sports rivalries pale in comparison. Whether XBOX is your platform of choice or not, you simply can't ignore what Phil Spencer has done in the past few years. Knowing that he started as an intern makes perfect sense. Don was a corporate shill, whereas Phil was and always has been a fan/gamer/consumer. He's a tremendous leader and I think this next generation of gaming/consoles etc... is going to be the best ever. There has never been a better time to game whether your exclusive to Playstation-Xbox-Nintendo-PC.

Also........ How big of an idiot is Don Mattrick? LOL

As someone who has been gaming since the early days of video games, I have never sworn allegiance to only one console or brand. At the same time, I was really impressed when I got the original Xbox and my loyalty to it and the 360 was strong. When Mattrick did his E3 Xbox One reveal, he was saying "screw you" to me and all of Xboxs loyal fans. I instantly made PlayStation my focus after that. I still feel Microsoft has the best console, controllers and online service. I got a One a while ago, but have had trouble making it my #1 console again... Not having a strong library like the PS4 doesn't help though. I blame most of the failings on Mattrick though, so they are slowly winning me back more and more...

Mattrick is a serial failure and quitter. I'm not too surprised, he's unable to see past his own agenda.

I don't have much faith in it either, since you've shown you are unable to make quality games for it.

still the best console. 4 controllers. tons of split screen games. proper single player games, even the crappy ones like alias or project snowblind are masterpieces compared to many currwnt microtransaction hells and the moddability to the extreme. explains perfectly why mattrick helmed xbone to its doom

Dammit thought this would be an announcement for more original Xbox games coming to the Xbox One judging by the logo :(

Thank you Mr. Mattrick for helping the PS4 be #1

I still remember the day the original Xbox was announced. Was sitting on the porch drinking a Bud when my friend Billy drove up in his pickup truck and told me the news. I got out of my chair, told him to hold my beer, then walked inside. Been posting in Xbox articles ever since.

I have a feeling the Xbox would be in a better place now if this guy wasn't around it as long as he was.

Can we please learn the difference between "it's" and "its"? You are supposed to edit your articles prior to submission.

mATTRICK iS A NooB. hE IS A SERIAL FAILURE, THAT iS ALL.