Major Nelson: Official Statement on what was said yesterday (aka "always-on connection rumors"

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Sal.Paradise said:

Him being fired lends credence to always online DRM being present. I don't think they'd fire the Creative Director of MS Game Studios if all he did was 1) 'joke' about people with bad internet 2) shoot the shit about an always online console that Microsoft are not actually making.

His comments have obviously done significant damage to the message they wanted to convey, and the only way that would be true would be if there was indeed that drm in place in the console. I mean, as if we couldn't all have guessed it by this point. Fun times ahead.

I'm not sure about that. It could be considered breach of contract with him releasing any details about the new console, true or false, joke or not. Any information given could very easily be a breach of contract.

Plus if it were my business I would get rid of him due to tarnishing his image and that of the business.