Talk:Don Mattrick

Why did he retire from EA?

This well written article paints him in a not so well light: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_14/87-The-Conquest-of-Origin Harry Potter Online probably would have been double WoW's popularity one would think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.27.164 (talk) 06:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Neutrality

"On May 21, 2013, Mattrick unveiled the new Xbox One, the successor to the Xbox 360, with a price of $499. The new console was criticized for its restrictions and various mandatory features, including repeated online verification, and Mattrick sparked more controversy when he advised that consumers who do not have internet connection can simply buy the Xbox 360. Mattrick further showed his greed when he did not attempt to change any of the DRM associated with the Xbox One."

This paragraph seems non-neutral and could use some edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.33.10.155 (talk) 20:14, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Aside from the sentence on his supposed 'greed,' the paragraph seems reasonable neutral. The console's past policies did indeed spark serious controversies, as did Don Mattrick's comments. Seeing as the 'stick with Xbox 360' comments were the thing that brought Mattrick to most people's attention, It seems strange that the article currently has no mention of them. If I was a more suspicious man, I would think that this page was being closely monitored for defamation by people linked to Don. 86.14.65.7 (talk) 22:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

General feel of article

The article is written in a way to paint Mattrick in a very positive light. For example, when the article talks about him joining Microsoft at the Xbox division, it then talked about the sales numbers of Xbox machines indirectly suggesting that 1) the xbox sales were huge and would be considered widely "successful"... I think this is an arguable point...but the article also attempts to suggest that Mattrick is responsible for it by even mentioning the sales in the same paragraph as when he joined Microsoft. It's a linkage by association which is commonly used by people like me to draw correlations for things that really have no correlation at all. This to me suggests the entire article is written as a sales piece for Mattrick, which frankly, it is.

More information about Don Mattrick please

This guy is one of the biggest assholes on this planet and I cannot find these information here on the wiki page. Please add this important information. Thank you

Whitewashed

This article seems whitewashed. Leaving for Zynga isn't a promotion for him, it's a sign of dismal failure. The guy appears to be a boy genius, but when it came time for him to transition to a management role, he's a failure. He seems to suffer from the stereotypical "cocky genius" syndrome. 132.3.49.81 (talk) 14:22, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Opinion or analysis of this sort is irrelevant to Wikipedia biographies, and no claim was made in the article regarding whether or not his move to Zynga was a "promotion" or "failure". Sbooksta (talk) 19:31, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

It's still whitewashed and disingenuous. For instance: "best known for being the former CEO of social gaming company Zynga". No he isn't. Are you kidding me? The average person wouldn't know he worked with Zynga without checking his bio. He is best known for the dumpster fire he was behind with XBOX, particularly the spectacular crash and burn of the XBOX One reveal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.4.103.242 (talk) 13:38, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request on 2 July 2013

the stat that he worked at EA for 25 years is wrong - should be 15 or 16. Even without factchecking, assuming the DoB is right, he would be 52 by now and would never have worked at Microsoft if he'd been at EA for that long. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbsf555 (talk • contribs)

Done I believe the confusion comes from the fact that in 1991 EA purchased the company Mattrick founded in 1982 - it looks like the "25 years" claim comes from adding the time between 1982 and 1991, which shouldn't really be counted at time working for EA, which was a separate company at that time. BryanG (talk) 03:34, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Leaving EA date correction

Note that Mattrick left EA in September 2005 -- not 2007 -- which makes his tenure there no more than 14 years. Marketwatch news link here: 72.5.115.169 (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

References

Edit Request - update CEO title

The intro still reads that Mattrick is the "future CEO" of Zynga," but per Zynga investor relations he began officially on July 8. See here: http://investor.zynga.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=774820 72.5.115.169 (talk) 17:26, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

No mention of his decision to cancel UO2

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/tribalplague/blog/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_14/87-The-Conquest-of-Origin.4

Back in those days that caused quite some ripples in the gaming community. Wondering why this isn't mentioned. 95.97.246.79 (talk) 09:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

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Neutrality

The article reads just fine. But the sales part should be removed as it is imposing more about his attributes and abilities which is not an encyclopedic way. Leojuan (talk) 14:28, 14 March 2023 (UTC)