Headline at The Verge: Almost every single Xbox executive we profiled in this video last year has left the company
It’s no secret I dislike everything Microsoft does (save for hardware, ironically). This is partly because I don’t think they understand making consumer electronics, partly because I don’t think they understand selling consumer electronics and partly because I think it’s quite possible (likely?) they’ll abandon it like they’ve done with the Zune, PlayForSure and many other initiatives. Oh,and despite efforts in recent years, I still agree they have no taste.
The XBox is no exception. It’s far from leading a “revolution” in the living room and Kinect has proven to be a flop. Turns out people don’t want to flail their arms and legs around in their living room, they just want to sit the fuck down and relax. To be clear: I feel the same way about the Playstation and Nintendo Wii/Wii U being “living room devices”. They’re not.
Let’s also not forget XBox brings in chump change for Microsoft relative to Windows, Office and Enterprise.