傳MS互動娛樂事業總裁Don Mattrick將離開 - XBOX

現在消息確認了

微軟CEO Steve Ballmer也寫了封內部信件給微軟同仁，信件中提到:

Zynga announced today that Don Mattrick would be its new CEO, effective
July 8. This is a great opportunity for Don, and I wish him success. Don’s
directs will report to me and will continue to drive the day-to-day business
as a team, particularly focused on shipping Xbox One this holiday.


所以Don走了之後，互動娛樂事業部門業務將直接由Ballmer兄親自掌管...


6月初彭博社曾報導，Steve Ballmer將對微軟進行重大的組織改造，
把公司業務重新整併為四大部分:硬體、企業、應用與服務、作業系統，
而Don傳說是要掌管其中的硬體部門。

若傳說屬實，我想Steve Ballmer應該是在組織改造前暫時掌管互動娛樂事業部門，
待組織改造宣布後，再行發表新的XBOX主管繼任人選。


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信件全文:

From: Steve Ballmer
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013
To: Microsoft – All Employees
Subject: Don Mattrick’s Next Chapter

Zynga announced today that Don Mattrick would be its new CEO, effective
July 8. This is a great opportunity for Don, and I wish him success. Don’s
directs will report to me and will continue to drive the day-to-day business
as a team, particularly focused on shipping Xbox One this holiday.

Since joining IEB more than six years ago, Don and his team have
accomplished much. Xbox Live members grew from 6 million to 48 million. Xbox
360 became the No. 1 selling console in North America the past two years. We
introduced Kinect and have sold more than 24 million sensors. We released
fantastic games, and, most importantly, we expanded Xbox to go beyond great
gaming to deliver all the entertainment people want — sports, music, movies,
live television and much more.

In the past month, the IEB team showed for the first time here on our
Redmond campus, and again at E3, how we are going to continue to transform
entertainment with Xbox One. I am incredibly proud of the work and vision
culminating in Xbox One.

I’m particularly excited about how Xbox pushes forward our devices and
services transformation by bringing together the best of Microsoft. The
consoles are incredible all-in-one devices with built-in services that
consumers love, including Bing, Xbox Live, Internet Explorer, SkyDrive and
Skype. And, just as important, Xbox Games, Xbox Video, Xbox Music and
SmartGlass light up Windows PCs, tablets and phones.

Thank you, Don, for setting us on a path to completely redefine the
entertainment industry. The strong leadership team at IEB and their teams are
well positioned to deliver the next-generation entertainment console, as well
as transformative entertainment experiences, long into the future.

Steve


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