Don Mattrick, the president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business — which centers on the Xbox and all the software giant’s gaming and entertainment efforts — is leaving the company, said multiple sources close to the situation.
These sources added that the high-profile executive is also close to taking a top job at Zynga, the troubled online social gaming company, possibly as its CEO and working in close partnership with its founder and current CEO Mark Pincus.
Sources said the announcement of Mattrick’s appointment could be made as soon as today, after the markets close.
Given everything he's said over the last three years, given the fact that Microsoft started turning downward the moment he was brought on, given how arrogant and snobby he acted toward the community that helped make Microsoft a big name in the console market, there is only one appropriate reaction for this piece of news:
