The creator of the Xbox, who said 'the game is like masturbation,' confessed, 'I was about to be fired because of this statement.'

When the first Xbox was released in 2001, Seamus Blackley, who was involved in the development of the Xbox and is also known as 'one of the creators of the Xbox,' said that the game is like masturbation. Blackley reveals that he was about to be fired from Microsoft because of this.

Xbox Creator Nearly Fired For Saying Gaming Like Masturbating
https://kotaku.com/xbox-seamus-blackley-masturbating-fired-2001-1848405158

It all started when a Twitter user sent to Dina Bass, a reporter for the economic newspaper Bloomberg, 'Games are like masturbation. Everyone does it, but everyone does it. I don't want to talk about it. '

In response to the tweet, Bass said, 'This tweet is a quote from what Seamus Blackley said in the fall of 2001, a few weeks before the first Xbox went on sale. I wanted to say. The game is now mainstream, but it was a bit more hidden at the time, 'he said, referring to Blackley's past remarks.

To give credit where credit is due, that was me quoting something @SeamusBlackley said to me in the fall of 2001 a few weeks ahead of the original Xbox launch. The point I was trying to make is that gaming is now mainstream where it as a bit more hidden back then.

— Dina Bass (@dinabass) January 20, 2022

In response, Mr. Blackley tweeted, 'I was about to be dismissed from Microsoft because of this statement,' and said that he was in danger of being dismissed by Microsoft when he made this statement in the past. I have revealed.

'It was a problem when a quote from this statement was published in a magazine in Eastern countries and the spouse of a conservative Microsoft executive saw it. I was called to Building 4. 'It is also said.

It was mainly that the quote appeared in the east side journal and some conservative spouses of executives read it and… I was summoned to building 4 shall we say.

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) January 21, 2022

Mr. Blackley has mentioned in the past that 'games are like masturbation', and in 2019 he told Mr. Bass, 'As you know, I have many due to this statement. I was in trouble. Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates were very angry with my remarks about online gameplay by multiplayer, where Xbox was a pioneer. ' I'm talking.

You know, I got in a LOT OF TROUBLE for saying that. It was n argument for multiplayer gaining online, which Xbox was a pioneer in. Steve Ballmer and @BillGates were VERY upset at me about those comments. Thanks for bringing it up? ???❤️ ????

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) October 11, 2019

Blackley said he was 'just about to be fired,' but he hasn't actually been fired from Microsoft because of this statement. Since then, the original Xbox wasn't as successful as the PlayStation 2, but it was far more successful than the other Xbox series consoles, leading to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2022 by Microsoft's gaming division. I am.

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