Ed Fries, the long-time head of Microsoft Game Studios and the man responsible for cementing industry relationships for the company's Xbox video game console, has resigned, Microsoft said Tuesday.
Fries' resignation was announced in an e-mail from Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft's games division and "Chief Xbox Officer." After 18 years with Microsoft, Bach said, Fries "has made the decision to leave the company and pursue other goals." Shane Kim, currently the chief operating officer for the game studios, will replace Fries on an interim basis until a successor can be named.
News source: CNN
Fries' resignation was announced in an e-mail from Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft's games division and "Chief Xbox Officer." After 18 years with Microsoft, Bach said, Fries "has made the decision to leave the company and pursue other goals." Shane Kim, currently the chief operating officer for the game studios, will replace Fries on an interim basis until a successor can be named.
News source: CNN
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"We're kind of at the point in the project that you have to decide 'are you going to sign up for another five years for the next version or not'," Fries said. "That's just the natural point to look back at it and ask 'Is this what I want to do? Is everything how I want it to be?'"
CNN revealed that the departure comes after months of discussions between Fries and Bach. Fries said the company offered to change his job responsibilities in order to convince him to stay, but the two parties could not reach an agreement.
"For me, I'm looking for a situation where I have a lot of freedom around the development of our products and the way those products come to market," he said. "I've had some of that to date, but not as much as I would like."
This guy has been at Microsoft for 18 years which means that he got in on the first round of stock options right after the company went public in 1986; he's probably worth several tens of millions of dollars.
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