Is that where that meme came from? Huh.

LOL, I'm sure it's completely his decision. Probably just wants to spend more time with his family. 

Everyone seems to think this is too harsh. I totally don't. You'd have to be an idiot to use Twitter like this when you work for a major company. And mostly, he just seems like a huge douche, and I'm of the opinion that douches don't deserve a thing. Just look at the last few tweets in that screencap. The guy deserves to be fired, and shat on by a sick orangutan to boot.

Orth wasn't fired, he resigned. Microsoft probably forced him to do it for the sake of press. I doubt he's going to walk away without some sort of padding. I know everyone believes justice was served but his guilt will only be public, with American corporations whatever truly went down is private. 

When the last time you read about a director being fired.  Its rare when that happens.  Instead the majority of the time the person is given the choice to resign because it allows that person to not have that on their record.

Anyway, as I stated in other threads posting anything MS related is grounds for termination within MS policy.  Maybe if this did not blow up like it did, he would just be slapped on the wrist and media blackout but once this stuff went national, it was pretty much a done deal.  It would be sad if the guy was just joking around, forgot how people are starving for Info on MS next xbox and this whole thing turned into a monster.  As each site picked this up he probably was already packing his stuff at the MS office.

Stop defending this guy! MS did the right thing in firing him, no question about it. There is NO reason NOT to fire him. Wouldn't you fire a gamestop employee if he/she went way out of line and started insulting costumers? Not only did he insult people, but he indirectly commented on an unannounced product. I don't feel pity on his sorry ass, he got what he deserved! It doesn't matter if he's got wife and kids, what he did is not acceptable.

If the nextbox doesn't require a always on connection now, then Microsoft fans will probably have to thank him for that.

No sympathy for the guy really. He was trolling.

If people haven't learned that Twitter is a public forum then they are idiots and even if it was meant as some private trolling. If you don't want it to be a headline don't put it on Twitter.

If he did put that stuff on Twitter knowing it would get out into the public then he's purposely trolling the Xbox fans, which if there's a sackable offence at MS for public stupidity it would be to troll the people who are a revenue source. If he was trolling Sony or PS4 or Wii U he would have got a promotion. People gotta know you don't shit in your own nest.

If he was pushed, it had nothing to do with getting fanboys in a lather and everything to do with potentially costing MS some revenue.

Sucks to see that happen.

He worked for MS so he was a representative of MS. Going on the internet and fighting with idiots angry over rumors is not the best way to represent MS.

if it werent for the huge backlash from people on twitter about what he said he probably wouldnt have lost his job. is what he did stupid? yes, because he should have known how people can react to the slightest thing. does he deserve to be fired over this (IMO)? no