Though not a CEO, I’d say Don Mattrick made even dumber decisions than Ballmer. Flat out telling the military if they can’t use the new always online console they can use the last gen console or get fucked was… a choice.
Though not a CEO, I’d say Don Mattrick made even dumber decisions than Ballmer. Flat out telling the military if they can’t use the new always online console they can use the last gen console or get fucked was… a choice.
Krudler@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hard to put a stupid offhand remark on the same level as a man that handed mobile computing to Apple and Samsung.
yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
It wasn’t just the one offhand comment. His entire attitude was “always online and a mandatory camera attached to your device are just how it is, loaning games is gone forever, and you’re stupid for even questioning any of it.” His decisions singlehandedly tanked the popularity of the Xbox brand so hard they’re still feeling the effects one whole console generation later.
Krudler@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I feel you, I just also think the financial loss resulting from the respective decisions makes Ballers idiocy unrivaled.
There’s a big difference between killing momentum in a gaming concern vs what was lost by completely mismanaging, bungling, and squandering the opportunity to dominate the mobile computing market.
I’m not really disagreeing with you just looking at relative damages.