How Satya Nadella Has Changed Microsoft In 3 Months
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How Satya Nadella Has Changed Microsoft In 3 Months
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#2I wonder how many of these major changes were decided on while Ballmer was still in charge, and simply didn't take effect until Nadella's turn at CEO began.
I also wonder how many of them were strategically delayed until a new CEO was in office, to really underline the regime change nature of his promotion.
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#3"Microsoft said it would end the tactic of making Xbox users pay for an upgraded Live Gold subscription just to use the entertainment features included in the console."
Well, considering I didn't renew my Gold sub because the price almost doubled (3 users for $99 to 3x$60), I'm not surprised. I think they made the move because they realized they were losing subscribers because of it.
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#4This is probably a standard PR piece.
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#5"Microsoft said it would end the tactic of making Xbox users pay for an upgraded Live Gold subscription just to use the entertainment features included in the console." Well, considering I didn't renew my Gold sub because the price almost doubled (3 users for $99 to 3x$60), I'm not surprised. I think they made the move because they realized they were losing subscribers because of it.
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#6"Microsoft said it would end the tactic of making Xbox users pay for an upgraded Live Gold subscription just to use the entertainment features included in the console." Well, considering I didn't renew my Gold sub because the price almost doubled (3 users for $99 to 3x$60), I'm not surprised. I think they made the move because they realized they were losing subscribers because of it.
How does removing the requirement of having a subscription help fix a supposed problem of them losing subscribers?
Doesn't compute.
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#7I wonder how many of these major changes were decided on while Ballmer was still in charge, and simply didn't take effect until Nadella's turn at CEO began. I also wonder how many of them were strategically delayed until a new CEO was in office, to really underline the regime change nature of his promotion.
Probably all of them. Making this many changes in 3 months in a company the size of Microsoft seems unbelievable. Especially considering how anti-OSS they've been in the past.
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#9"Microsoft said it would end the tactic of making Xbox users pay for an upgraded Live Gold subscription just to use the entertainment features included in the console." Well, considering I didn't renew my Gold sub because the price almost doubled (3 users for $99 to 3x$60), I'm not surprised. I think they made the move because they realized they were losing subscribers because of it.
Honestly, are there people (techies) who buy Gold membership at the regular price? Everytime my renewal rolls around, I search and find them around $30-$35 online. Also with Xbox One doesn't MS allow one membership to be shared among family members with different gamertags. [1]
[1] http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/xbox-live/xbox-live-g...
Re: How Satya Nadella Has Changed Microsoft In 3 Months
#10I wonder how many of these major changes were decided on while Ballmer was still in charge, and simply didn't take effect until Nadella's turn at CEO began. I also wonder how many of them were strategically delayed until a new CEO was in office, to really underline the regime change nature of his promotion.
It might also be that Ballmer knew he was going to be stepping down soon and decided to let Nadella's initiatives get a head start.