Peter Moore resigns from Microsoft, replaced by Don Mattrick

132 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Jul 17th 2007 4:10PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

Microsoft has announced the resignation of Peter Moore, current corporate vice president of the company's Interactive Entertainment Business. Moore will be replaced by former EA president Don Mattrick, who will become senior vice president of IEB on July 30. Mattrick joined Microsoft in February as a "strategic adviser."

Moore will remain with Microsoft through August, and then will return to his old stomping grounds in Northern California to begin a new, unspecified job in the games industry. Earlier today, 1UP cited a rumor that Moore was headed to EA Sports.

Update: The rumor has been confirmed. Moore will leave Microsoft in order to return his family to the Bay Area and head EA Sports.

~~Joystiq has a scheduled call with Microsoft later today. We'll bring you updates as they become available.~~ Details here: Robbie Bach & Don Mattrick talk to Joystiq

Tags: breakingnews, DonMattrick, microsoft, PeterMoore, xbox360

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Anam: Jul 17th 2007; 4:24PM

NO!

Stevo: Jul 17th 2007; 5:12PM

That sucks, I really liked Peter Moore. I thought he had done a really good job with Microsoft so far. Don Mattrick is just about as good of a replacement as I can think of though.

ScreamingSkull: Jul 17th 2007; 4:24PM

holy crap

XGamerX: Jul 17th 2007; 4:25PM

LOL WUT

hvnlysoldr: Jul 17th 2007; 4:26PM

Robbie Bach knew what's up.

vidGuy: Jul 17th 2007; 4:26PM

Wow, now all three have 'lost' big names in their higher-ups one way or another.

I'm not quite sure how this could be a step up for Moore, though.

Kazi: Jul 17th 2007; 5:36PM

It's not a step up but it's better job placement since he's up with his family now.

Alex: Jul 17th 2007; 4:26PM

This is actually really sad for me. I thought that Peter Moore was a great representative and he seemed very genuine and honest.

One of my friends described it best when he said to me that when Moore gave a speech or talked about something it didn't seem like he was trying to force it upon you. Rather, it was like he had something cool and exciting to him that he wanted to share with you.

JodyAnthony: Jul 17th 2007; 4:33PM

agreed

deaftly: Jul 17th 2007; 4:41PM

well said, i totally agree, im gonna miss the bald guy, he was a great pr guy for ms, big shoes to fill for this new guy

Eric: Jul 17th 2007; 4:42PM

I never liked the guy and glad he's gone. I'm tired of his constant "my XBox 360 @#$& is bigger than Sony's" attitude. I think it'll be better for gaming in general if that tone isn't around. Less pointing at the competition and more focus on what you're doing only leads to improvements. I just wonder where he stuck that Madden tatoo!

And yes, I own a 360.

zwarrior: Jul 17th 2007; 5:31PM

Why did JodyAnthony's comment get voted down just for agreeing?

Shiro: Jul 19th 2007; 9:08PM

To be honest, I always thought he was full of shit.

But, it was like, the shit he was full of was... better than average shit. So I'm still sad to see him go.

Peter Moore: Jul 17th 2007; 4:26PM

3 Year warranty? Peace out!

Shagittarius: Jul 17th 2007; 4:27PM

lawl! I wonder why...

no really I don't know why.

qbix: Jul 17th 2007; 4:27PM

Not somobody from EA!! We are going to get nickel and dimed to death... yes, even more so than now. Bad, BAD news.

Night Elve: Jul 17th 2007; 4:27PM

Thank you!

ill trooper: Jul 17th 2007; 4:27PM

Wha?!? Is this for real? This must have been in the works for a while... That was an excellent "poker face" he rocked during E3.

Poisoned Al: Jul 17th 2007; 4:47PM

Not really. A lot of people have said he was "off" somehow, but put it down to the red ring mess.

samfish: Jul 17th 2007; 4:28PM

Is this Don Mattrick guy as likable as Moore?

I would be surprised if he was. It's really difficult to hate Peter Moore, I've found.

Mini_Dragon: Jul 17th 2007; 4:28PM

Uhh.. come again?

Bob A. Booey: Jul 17th 2007; 4:28PM

gullum: Jul 17th 2007; 4:29PM

The ship is sinking! Hurry up fanboys jump!!

RROD+33% Failure Rates+Insider trading=LOL!

Jacob P.: Jul 17th 2007; 4:37PM

You're dumb. The 33% failure rate is mainly because of the RROD. So you wouldn't add them together. Duh.

mccomber: Jul 17th 2007; 4:29PM

Even though I can't say I always liked him, he definitely was the face of the 360 in my mind. I can't imagine how anyone will fill his shoes, or at least wear his tattoos. Best of luck to him.

oldest gamer: Jul 17th 2007; 4:29PM

Back to your rock moore, another m$ executive turning and running. That explains his low energy, soft spoken attitude recently.

John: Jul 17th 2007; 4:29PM

Damn... that sucks.

KiraXD: Jul 17th 2007; 4:29PM

i wonder if this had anything to do with his E3 presentation sucking so bad.

Wiltravo: Jul 17th 2007; 4:30PM

Wow!!! He was such a great spokeperson for Xbox. IMHO

Jonathan Tran: Jul 17th 2007; 4:30PM

Bill Gates: "You're doin' a heckofa job out there Petey"
Reporters: We heard things are going much worse with the swirling ring of death than you said, what's going on?"
Pete Moore: Everything is OK there are no problems outside of normal hurricane I mean console launch conditions
Reporters: look wtf some guy went through 11 360's!
Gates: PETEY!!!! What in tarnation?!
Pete Moore: I am just gonna take this money from stock liquidation and go join EA seeya suckaz!!!

tituspullo: Jul 17th 2007; 4:35PM

sad attempt at humor. i don't know what's worse these little dialogues people write or the ones that write them. stick to your day job buddy!

Babel: Jul 21st 2007; 3:47PM

...hilarious. My sides are splitting...

Travis: Jul 17th 2007; 4:33PM

what the hell?!? that came out of nowhere!! I thought he really had something going for him and Microsoft. well, best of luck to you Peter.

Crono: Jul 17th 2007; 4:33PM

In the words of Peter Moore from Penny Arcade:

"So Awesome"

Billy: Jul 17th 2007; 4:35PM

His shoes won't be filled easily. As someone else said, he really was the face of Xbox to me. Oh well, best of luck Peter.

Lucky: Jul 17th 2007; 4:35PM

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

dpad: Jul 17th 2007; 4:35PM

Maybe he'll get a new EA tattoo.

Jacob P.: Jul 17th 2007; 4:36PM

Wow...totally unexpected...

GodisaMyth: Jul 17th 2007; 4:36PM

Just another rat jumping a 6 billion plus sinking ship.
He ran Dreamcast, and then jumped ship. Now, he ran Microsoft and is retreating again.

Gods what a coward. I guess when you cannot make a dime in 6+ years of being in business...oh wait, he not only did not make a dime for Microsoft, he lost over 6 billion dollars.

Gods what a tool.

Wonder how good the 40 year old virgin that is replacing him is at Spinning the truth.

polly: Jul 17th 2007; 4:41PM

Gods your such a douche.

dpad: Jul 17th 2007; 4:41PM

"Wonder how good the 40 year old virgin that is replacing him is at Spinning the truth."

You lucky bastard.

I wish Microsoft had asked me instead of you.

Myrpok: Jul 17th 2007; 4:59PM

get off my joystiq, asshole

JodyAnthony: Jul 17th 2007; 5:00PM

holy damn, dpad, that was phenomenal!

+1 to you good sir!

Sam: Jul 17th 2007; 5:03PM

I don't think this guy is such a douche... Peter Moore is a PR-man and that's what companies hire him for, so I wouldn't be so quick to let Peter Moore into your heart as a guy that's genuinely excited about what he's doing. Unless Moore really, really screwed something up in the past week and they forced him to resign, then it's apparent that he gave them a few weeks notice and agreed to smile and shake hands at E3 before calling it quits with the company.

Whatever the case is, Moore has joined two companies that have wielded the lesser-powered but more user and developer friendly console, and lost out big once and obviously, it's too soon to tell how he was doing on this go round, although admittedly with Microsoft's deep coffers it won't be apparent for a few years.

It's a tough time to be the face of your company in this business, you're facing public scrutiny all the time and with the problems Microsoft has had lately, maybe the pressure was a little bit too much for old Pete to handle.

Bloo: Jul 17th 2007; 5:03PM

If there was a God, your intelligence level would be a sign of his cruelty.

GodisaMyth: Jul 17th 2007; 5:08PM

I must make your day Jody. The 40 year old virgin I am refering to is the guy who is replacing him. He kinda looks like him.

Microsoft's gaming division has got to be closing in on a world record for amount of money lost without closing up shop. They have been getting their collective asses kicked all over the place since 2001.

Maybe Dubya's administration should hire him away from EA.

The defective rate is within industry norms. PM
Dont worry about the devective rate, just look at how we are fixing them. PM

not exact quotes

c'mon Jody and pals....come get me.

polly: Jul 17th 2007; 5:31PM

"c'mon Jody and pals....come get me"

I'll bite.

"I must make your day Jody."

I'm quite positive the majority the Joystiq community would be overjoyed at the notion of you NEVER posting on this site again.

"Maybe Dubya's administration should hire him away from EA."

Minus 100 pts for attempting to change the subject with a topic to try to garner some support and get people to agree with you. Leave your politics at the door please. This is a gaming blog.

Come to think of it...leave your religious beliefs which you apparently have to wear on your sleeve at the door as well. This is a gaming blog.

As a matter of fact, it would be best if you just stayed outside the door entirely.

Oh, and you're still a douche.

Poisoned Al: Jul 17th 2007; 5:38PM

*Gives Polly a cracker*

Matt B: Jul 17th 2007; 4:37PM

Well, you can't say the PS3 is failing in japan without repercussions. Anyone knows that. :P

Even though I don't own a 360, I kind of liked him and though he was the face of the 360.

EarthWindFire: Jul 17th 2007; 4:38PM

I heard they forgave him for the first pause, but the second just proved he wasn't a team player.

jk, he was a great spokesperson, hope this new guy can fill his shoes

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