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Gamers Can't Handle the New Female Head at Xbox

Microsoft's new company reorganization promotes Julie Larson-Green, a 19-year company veteran, to head up Xbox—a position recently left vacant by Don Mattrick—a move that has a lot of gamers very, very upset because she's a woman, who supposedly has no gaming experience. Oh and also, she's hot. When the news hit the social gaming news site N4G, commenters were quick to point out her shortcomings.

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Mr_Nuts3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

I think it also has more to do that she was the head of the Windows 8 division.

Don apparently was a gamer and look what he was like (a waking train wreck), now we are getting someone who probably hasn't touched a game in her life. It's kind of worrying.

Anyway look at that...N4G is famous :D

iamnsuperman3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

Thats my worry about her but she could have been the only one with good enough managerial skills. To be honest I think I would rather have someone who is a born leader who can keep the team inline and focused than someone who is just a games lover. Your top dog of a big company division needs to be more than someone who has grown up in the industry.

I did see a lot of comments here getting worked up because she is a woman which is just stupid sexism. Internet anonymity doing its thing

iGAM3R-VIII3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

The only problem with her is that she IS NOT A GAMER. You cannot put someone who has no idea about gaming as the head of something related to gaming. It's like making Yoshida the head of Lamborghini.

LOL and yay! N4G has been set famous now! :P

Blachek3935d ago

Some of the largest companies in the world turned themselves around or increased their market shares and profitability by bringing in CEO's or Department Heads with no prior experience in the industry.

Running a division or company is a beast upon itself, requiring business savy. She will have gamers everywhere she looks to help her with perspective, just because she supposedly hasnt had the pleasure of rage quitting and smashing a controller of the ground in one of our beloved games doesnt mean she cannot relate or surround herself with those that could.

If we want to judge her before she does anything at all, we need to look at her accomplishments and history both in MS and before. She could suck in this role, but we wont don't know she will because she isnt a gamer.

Mainsqueeze3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

How could she possibly be a gamer...the article mentions how we don't know if shes a gamer or not, but i mean come on, she been a top executive at Microsoft developing things for Windows for the past 19 years of her life. For me and I think most gamers, it has nothing to do with the fact that shes a woman, its the fact that she (most likely) has no idea what core gamers want. I'm positive she is super intelligent and knows how to run a part of a company from a financial standpoint but its very very unlikely she knows what core gamers want. Either way she's not the only one making every single little decision and is untested so we have to wait and see, i'm just being cautious.

ma1asiah3935d ago

@ iGAM3R-VIII

Mr Kotick anyone!!!! He is not a gamer and in fact he has very little interest in gaming.

Yet he is the big man or figure head over at Activision aparently helping them make billions in profit.

So your point about her appointment to the head of MS Hardware and Devices division was what exactly....ohhh that was it

"You cannot put someone who has no idea about gaming as the head of something related to gaming. It's like making Yoshida the head of Lamborghini."

Mr Kotick I guess would say otherwise

BitbyDeath3935d ago

Is she the one that thought Xbone was a water cooler? Not a very bright person... :-s

OC_MurphysLaw3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

"she is not a gamer" keeps coming up. I can't disagree or agree with that cause I have no idea if she is a gamer. Anyone interviewed her...anyone ask her if she likes games? She was the one behind Windows 7... so that in my eyes is a good thing. She only took over Windows 8 after the guy who made Windows 8 left.

I have no issue with her, and hope she can bring some freshness to the Xbox Platform that the stale suits from the likes of Don Matrick were quite frankly stinking up a bit.

Edit: Oh yeah and WTF? "Oh and also, she's hot"?!?!? What in the hell does that have to do with ANYTHING related to her taking on this role? Jesus, talk about sexist comments...

Conzul3935d ago

Wow. I actually feel sorry for Xbox fans...that's never happened to me before...

HammadTheBeast3935d ago

Apparently Yahoo thinks 50 year olds are "hot".

ickysweat773935d ago

@ma1asiah "Yet he is the big man or figure head over at Activision aparently helping them make billions in profit."

Exactly, that is what everyone is so afraid of. Activision puts out the same stupid product every year and pockets all the cash from the gamers that keep buying the same COD every year. Instead of building a new game engine or trying to innovate in any way, they pocket their billions of dollars and give us the same crap each year. If a gamer was running that company, they may actually be able to make a decent game.

SilentNegotiator3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

I like how Yahoo underlined a comment that said they were worried because she isn't a gamer....OOOOH how terrible of gamers to want gamers as gaming industry heads!!

And they're all angry over obvious troll comments about "kitchens"/"coo king". The majority of people that make those jokes aren't really sexist, but Yahoo is delving into a culture they know nothing about to make up a sexism piece.

allformats qualified his comment and Yahoo STILL crucified him over his opinion of her (and not for her freaking gender).

Gotta love the super-sensitive 21st century windbags that look in the wrong places for social issues.

SilentNegotiator3935d ago (Edited 3935d ago )

"Some of the largest companies in the world turned themselves around or increased their market shares and profitability by bringing in CEO's or Department Heads with no prior experience in the industry"

...what does that have to do with the perspective of GAMERS?! This whole article is based on some N4G comments.

Gamers weren't complaining that "Oh noes! She might lose Microsoft money!!"
Nooooo, they were saying "She might not know what core gamers want"

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dedicatedtogamers3935d ago

Playing the "feminist victim" card is pretty dumb. And while some users have been incredibly sexist just because Larson-Green is a woman, it doesn't mean her as lead is a good thing.

The Xbox division was once its own division with an executive that reported directly to Ballmer, the CEO. Now Xbox is split between two divisions being led by two people and it has to compete with Windows, Surface, WP8, etc for attention.

Bathyj3935d ago

Its cute when our little site gets mentioned.

MrKingofVideoGames3934d ago (Edited 3934d ago )

Too bad they didn't include the posters names it would have made for wonderful N4G "achievements/trophies. Those quoted should certainly add the text to their profiles.

M-M3935d ago

Oh great just what we need, trolls getting publicity on a major site lmao.

MrSwankSinatra3935d ago

don wasn't a train wreck until the xbox one reveal, so it isn't fair to discredit his accomplishments with the xbox brand because of one reveal.

RiPPn3935d ago

It wasn't just the Xbox One reveal, Xbox has been pretty stagnant for about 4 years now, pretty much about the time Mattrick took over. I just think the Xbox One reveal opened a lot of people's eyes to the train wreck that Don truly was.

Mounce3935d ago

I'd say:

http://n4g.com/news/1308523...

What allformats is what it is. The news or journalists will want to sensationalize that gamers are sexist or low-lifes who can't handle women who are gamers. The fact of the matter are most are upset because of her BACKGROUND, not what bloody god damn gender she is. All the comments that are derogative are generally jokeful, of poor but dry taste in the stereotypes or cliches. All it means is the likeliness that they themselves don't have girlfriends because of their 'attitude'.

It doesn't reflect the gaming industry and Gamers' input as a whole that she likely does not qualify because she herself is not a Gamer.

starchild3935d ago

N4G is famous for it's fanboy trolls...woohooo!

What a disgrace. There is nothing wrong with Julie Larson-Green. And the fact that she is a woman has absolutely no bearing on how well she will do in this position.

CalibriSerif3935d ago

Game Director: Julie, Gran Turismo 7 looks awesome, any plans to produce a game of such magnitude?

Julie: Gran Turismo 7? Why we also have Grand Theft Auto 6 coming on our platform too.

Game Director: But Julie, those are totally different games.

Julie: Really? Im sorry, can you tell me more about it?

Mainsqueeze3935d ago

Spot on Calibri, this is what i'm personally worried about. Someone that just doesn't know games. WTF is wrong with gamers wanting gamers to be in charge of making their products.

JBSleek3935d ago

N4G bullshit and people believe anything. She never touched Windows 8... Windows 7 was all her down to UI and features. Also headed up Office.

RedHawkX3935d ago

gamers probably thought she was a robot or something at first but then they realised its just botox and hollywood facial surgery. nip tuck.

greenlantern28143934d ago

No one cares are should care about the fact that it is a woman. Every one should care she isn't from the gaming world and she is a 19 year corporate " yes" person.
And her appearance has nothing to do with her capabilities as a manager. But it seems that ms has restructured to put people in charge that will just do what they are told

superkidcupid133934d ago

well she was also the overseer of windows 7 so her being in this position might not b as bad as everyone thinks

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Donnieboi3935d ago

Who cares if she's a woman. Why are people hyping-up her gender? Bottom line: She has NO gaming experience. Seriously, why was it given to her if she has no experience?

It makes me sick when people give positions to less qualified people just because of gender or race. HOW is it that after all these years of Xbox being around, that she is the most qualified for the position, when she never once worked in the gaming division before. Plus she already has a ton of other responsibilities there which will detract from the focus that Xbox desperately needs (gaming-wise).

But whatever, Xbox has been downhill for years. Now they give it to someone with ZERO game industry experience. LOL, i'll just sit back, grab some popcorn, play my PS4 and see what happens.

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JBSleek3935d ago

Why the hell would a gamer be the head of the hardware portion of a damn company???

sonic9893935d ago

gaming should have been an independent division just like now
because if you think 1 hardware every 6 or so years and tons and tons of software released for it now thats a tricky division to manage because it includes both hardware and software.
so it makes sense Xbox isn't a surface or a keyboard

Hicken3935d ago

Because it's the GAMING portion of the damn company.

JBSleek3935d ago

@Hicken

There is no damn gaming portion of this company. There is no dedicated role for that. She is the head of hardware and engineering with all hardware based products.

How would a gamer be in that role...

Hicken3935d ago

If the Xbox brand isn't the gaming portion, then what the hell is it? More to the point, why the hell ISN'T it?

Maybe it's just me, but I'd want somebody who KNOWS the product or the industry the product is in to be head of that division. That only makes sense to me.

JBSleek3934d ago

@Hicken

Xbox is a service now. It transcends gaming at this moment. And no that doesn't mean the abandon gaming but it isn't the only form of entertainment.

She is a self taught programmer the lady is smart. Sure she isn't a gamer per day but that isn't the direction MS is taking this. Xbox as a service not as hardware.

She was likely picked because she made Windows 7 what it is and the modern UI of Office. She has talent. Also she isn't the only figure head.

What makes sense to me is that you don't judge her before she even starts because you don't feel she is qualified to run hardware because she isn't a "gamer"

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Jakens3934d ago

No issues here with her or her job.

PSjesus3935d ago

Who cares Xbox is a media box and gaming is a small portion of TV experience

MysticStrummer3935d ago

I'm sure some aren't comfortable with her because of gender, but I'd say most don't like the looks of her resume.

SegaSaturn6693935d ago

The thing I hate about her resume the most is there seems to be no "Mark Cerny" in letterhead at the top and some strange lady probably kidnapped him and changed it.

MysticStrummer3935d ago

She does look a little like Cerny...

Maybe it's Marsha Cerny, Mark's long lost sister... or a genetically manipulated clone...

O.o

Her resume just doesn't scream "gamer cred", but that doesn't mean she can't do a good job. It does give ammo to those who say One's main focus isn't gaming though.

sonic9893935d ago

( freedom of expression )
beside not having any gaming experience i am not being sexiest here but the charisma that execs like tretton, hirai, and reggie, have.
cant be matched by this women IMO again

isarai3935d ago

What? I'm kind of offended by this generalizing shitty statement. Gamers have always been absolutely fine with female lead roles in the game industry. i didn't hear any complaints when Assassins creed, Uncharted, and Journey made it publicly known that they had female leads on their games.

Cueil3935d ago

90 percent sony fanboys using it as ammo...

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC43m ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

Friendlygamer21m ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil5h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro5h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B2h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21832h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh2h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia2h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins2h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal2h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z6h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho516h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise6h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19895h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows904h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno4h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA3h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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