: I don't feel sorry for him. He deliberately insulted his company's customers
: on a public forum. I imagine a fair number of people swore off ever
: getting the next-gen Xbox because of this PR disaster. Let's say they lost
: 2000 customers and the next Xbox retails for $500; that's a million
: dollars in revenue lost right there, and that's not counting lost software
: sales and possible XBL subs. If one of my employees was causing my company
: to lose hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars just because he
: couldn't keep his big mouth shut, then damn right I'd demand a resignation
: if not outright fire his sorry ass. Personal responsibility is a bitch,
: ain't it? Your company loses money because of you, then you lose your job.
: People have been fired for less. I'd tell Mr. Orth what he told us:
: "Deal with it." I have a feeling he won't be finding a job in
: the games industry anytime soon.

I'm not saying it wasn't right of him to not lose his job- it'd be crazy if he didn't. This was obviously a nightmare for Microsoft's PR department, and something needed to be done. Am I glad that he lost his job though? No.

The part of me that feels bad for him is the part that says stupid things that I wish I could take back. I feel like he never really realized just how public Twitter is- there's a guy, who wasn't even working on the next Xbox, who had a back and forth with a friend of his in a somewhat joking manner about his opinion on consoles that exploded because someone took notice. I never felt like he was deliberately insulting fans of the Xbox- he's just an idiot. Maybe some people out there feels like this is justice, but I don't- the world isn't black and white like that.

I don't think him losing his job should be celebrated. I wish this situation never happened to this guy. But there's no going back, and he has to live with the consequences.