All articles tagged with #don mattrick
A former Halo 4 mission designer recounted that Don Mattrick proposed a Diablo 3–style real-money auction house to sell mech skins; the idea was deemed impractical and rejected as Halo 4 was nearly finished, illustrating ongoing out-of-touch decisions by some gaming executives.
As the 10-year anniversary of Microsoft's Xbox One reveal approaches, the internet remembers Don Mattrick's infamous comments telling those who wanted to play offline to just buy an Xbox 360 instead. Xbox management has since changed drastically, with Phil Spencer taking over in 2014, and Mattrick has addressed this part of his career in the years since. Despite the initial mixed-messaging, Xbox One's ideas have become more of a reality over the years.