Tag Archives: Don Mattrick
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 11:03 BST
“We’re over-delivering value”: Mattrick defends Xbox One pricing
Xbox One’s $499 / £429 price-point has received some flack since it was confirmed last week, but Microsoft’s Don Mattrick believes the numbers stack up as the company is over-delivering value.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 08:24 BST
Xbox One online check-in takes kilobytes, not megabytes, Spencer says
Xbox One’s daily check-ins will take a matter of kilobytes, not megabytes according to Microsoft Studios’ corporate vice president Phil Spencer. The exec has re-iterated that phone tethering is a viable option for those with shaky internet, and he has stated again that if you don’t have online access, then Xbox 360 is the console for you.
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Posted in: E3 2013, Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick, Phil Spencer
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 09:47 BST
Xbox One: people are imagining negative ‘always-online’ outcomes, says Mattrick
Xbox One’s online verification checks have been discussed by Microsoft’s Don Mattrick in a new interview, in which he suggests people are imagining worst-case scenarios that aren’t there.
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 03:18 BST
No Internet? Get an Xbox 360, says Microsoft
If you haven’t got access to Internet so the Xbox One can phone home once a day – because you’re in the military, or live in one of the millions of cities worldwide where Internet just isn’t that great – you can just buy an Xbox 360, one Microsoft executive has said.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick
Wed, May 29, 2013 | 11:24 BST
Xbox One: Microsoft investing at least $1 billion into next-gen games
Xbox One is still a games console, despite fears that it’s a really expensive TV box. Microsoft has confirmed it aims to invest at least $1 billion into the creation of new games for the format, while execs Phil Spencer and Don Mattrick have shed light on the console’s core title strategy.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick, Phil Spencer
Tue, May 28, 2013 | 20:19 BST
Xbox One to support indies with “independent creator program,” say Mattrick
Xbox One will support indies, according to Microsoft’s head of interactive entertainment, Don Mattrick, via an “independent creator program,” saying there’s “no way” the firm would build a console without that in mind.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One, indie
Tags: Don Mattrick
Fri, May 24, 2013 | 03:34 BST
Microsoft is commited to Japan
Despite low lifetime Xbox 360 sales in Japan and the regions loyalty to Nintendo and PlayStation, Xbox One will be launched in Japan.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 23:10 BST
Xbox One: “If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards,” says Mattrick
Xbox One won’t be backwards compatible, and it’s not like anyone was expecting it to be, really; however, according to Microsoft’s Don Mattrick, such thinking is “backwards” anyway.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Xbox One, hardware
Tags: backwards compatibility, Don Mattrick
Wed, May 22, 2013 | 16:19 BST
Microsoft working with “partners to support the second hand market,” says Mattrick
Due to yesterday’s confusion surrounding how often Xbox One requires users to connect to the Internet, and whether used games will indeed be supported the way we’re used to, Microsoft’s president of interactive entertainment, Don Mattrick, has tried to alleviate some of the misconceptions surrounding the firm’s new all-in-one device.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox One
Tags: Don Mattrick, Xbox One always on, Xbox One used games
Tue, Mar 05, 2013 | 18:00 GMT
Microsoft doesn’t consider Valve a competitor in the living room space just yet
Microsoft’s president of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick, has said the firm’s doesn’t consider Valve a competitor despite the firm readying a living room system of its own.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Valve, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Don Mattrick, steam box, TechForum
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 | 00:31 BST
Halo 4 will “work with” Microsoft’s Surface
According to VentureBeat, Xbox executive Don Mattrick mentioned during a GamesBeat panel that Halo 4 “will work with” Microsoft’s recently-revealed tablet, Surface. No details were given but the platform holder has said that all first-party games will include SmartGlass functionality so you can probably expect something of that ilk. Halo 4 is due exclusively on Xbox 360 in November.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Don Mattrick, halo 4, Microsoft Surface, SmartGlass, Surface
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 | 17:48 GMT
Microsoft fills Mike Delman’s head of Xbox marketing position as retirement date looms
Due to the impending retirement of Mike Delman, Microsoft has handed over the chief marketing officer position of its Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes all things Xbox 360, to company vet Yusuf Mehdi. Starting on December 5, Mehdi will report directly to IEB president Don Mattrick. No word just yet on who will fill Mehdi’s former position as chief audience officer in the Online Services division, but on an interim basis, all of Mehdi’s directs will report to Qi Lu, head of Online Services. Thanks, GI.biz.
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Posted in: Jobs, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Don Mattrick, Mike Delman, Yusuf Mehdi
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 10:13 BST
Spike to be exclusive TV broadcaster of Microsoft E3 briefing
Spike TV’s announced it’ll be the exclusive broadcaster of the Microsoft E3 briefing in Los Angeles on June 6.
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 13:33 GMT
Black Ops grosses $650 million in first five days worldwide
Activision’s just announced Call of Duty: Black Ops has grossed $650 million within its first five days on sale worldwide.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bobby Kotick, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Don Mattrick, jack tretton, treyarch
Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | 17:54 GMT
Microsoft changes Kinect Christmas forecast from 3 million to 5 million
Microsoft has looked ahead to Christmas and has decided it will see 5 million Kinect units instead of the previously forecasted 3 million.
Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 17:48 BST
Kinect will sell for a profit, says Mattrick
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Don Mattrick
Thu, Oct 07, 2010 | 19:18 BST
Wired chronicles the “inside story” of Kinect from birth to impending release
Kinect has been given its own biography of sorts, which chronicles the very beginnings of the idea for the tech and onward to its impending release.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Alex Kipman, Andrew Blake, Don Mattrick, Jamie Shotton, kinect: a love story, Kudo Tsunoda, primesense
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 | 18:50 BST
Don Mattrick promoted to president of Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft
Microsoft’s announced Don Mattrick as the new president of its Interactive Entertainment group.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Don Mattrick
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 09:31 BST
Watch the moment 360 Slim gets revealed, Don Mattrick turns into Oprah
If by some chance you missed the end of Microsoft’s press conference, needless to say there was a whole bunch of WTFs and more as Xbox 360 Slim was announced, don’t worry: we have you covered.
Hit the break.
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Posted in: E3 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Don Mattrick, xbox 360 slim
PlayStation boss pushing more “immediacy” for downloaded games