Early to times, but it looks like the activist investor who wants the XBOX division sold/closed just got an open invitation for a board seat. Looks like their push for Ballmer to leave has already worked. I'm sure the terrible Microsoft Xbone messaging hasn't helped but it would be sad to see consumer choices be reduced. Kinda crazy that Xbone could theoretically be their last console.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08...ueact_ballmer/
By July, ValueAct was pushing for a seat on the Microsoft board, and also allegedly succession planning for a post-Ballmer world, Reuters reported. At the end of that month, Microsoft announced revenue figures for its Surface consumer slabs that were so poor El Reg termed them "shockingly hideous".
Now, Steve Ballmer is on the way out, and ValueAct Capital has the offer of a seat of the board.
http://www.eyeonwindows.com/2013/08/...xbox-division/
Along with pushing for Steve Ballmer’s exit, ValueAct is also said to be trying to get rid of the Xbox division. The new shareholder actually believes that Microsoft would do better without it, and selling it to another technology company would allow Redmond to focus on its key products like Windows:“Xbox is cool, but by our estimates Microsoft has not made money at this.”