So, Don Mattrick, the “boss” of the spectacular fuck-up that was Xbox One, has recently left Micro$oft to work for Zynga, the soulless creators of bland and unimaginative mobile and social network games with terrible titles. You may remember Mr. Mattrick as the douchebag with the bad attitude, who stated that people who didn’t like the direction Xbox One was moving in should just stick with the 360 (see video below). In other words, a reiteration of the budding Microsoft trend of telling customers to “deal with it”. That is to say, taking a massive, upper-class dump on the core aspect of the producer/consumer relationship.
Today, Gamespot revealed that this bird-like asshole of a human being stands to earn over $40m through a combination of regular salary, bonuses, and Zynga stock rights within his first 3 years with the company.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/former-microsoft-boss-mattrick-set-to-earn-over-40m-at-zynga-6411068
I can’t help but think that if Zynga spent less money on their idiotic executives and more on their products, their so-called games would be… better. Though considering their repertoire, I’m not sure how much more mileage they can squeeze out of their pathetic excuse for a game company.
I’m glad that Mr. Mattrick didn’t find his way to a respected developer that creates quality games of course, but the whole idea of someone so obviously lacking in passion for the industry getting such influential jobs with such ridiculous salaries just strikes me as thoroughly perverted and makes me feel sick.
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