{"id":240379,"date":"2023-07-18T06:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=298570"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:40:15","slug":"the-most-mythical-executive-of-xbox-retires-after-more-than-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-most-mythical-executive-of-xbox-retires-after-more-than-two-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era: Xbox&#8217;s Longest-Serving Executive Bids Adieu after 20+ Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major Nelson, whose real name is Larry Hryb, is one of the most prominent figures in the gaming industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/xbox-live-gold-will-disappear-before-the-summer-end-but-microsoft-already-has-a-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As a key figure in the launch of Xbox Live<\/a>, Xbox 360, and subsequent Microsoft consoles, he joined the Xbox division after being transferred from the MSN Music department following the release of the first console. <strong>Today, through his Twitter account, he has announced his departure from Microsoft<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 20 incredible years, I have decided to take a step back and work on the next chapter of my career. As I take a moment and think about all we have done together, I want to thank the millions of gamers around the world who have included me as part of their lives. (1\/3)<\/p>&mdash; Larry Hryb ?\u2728 (@majornelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/majornelson\/status\/1679913767214231552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 20 years, following his vacation, he will be leaving his position at Xbox and Microsoft. He has not yet clarified what his next career move will be, but he did express that he believes Xbox has a bright future that he is eager to witness. <strong>As the man who consistently handled Microsoft&#8217;s communication and the most recognizable executive of the brand, this is a significant blow to Xbox<\/strong>, but also a well-deserved break for a man without whom it&#8217;s hard to imagine the console having achieved the same level of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After twenty years at Microsoft, one of the best-known executives of the Xbox brand leaves, leaving the brand without its most famous face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9268,"featured_media":240382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-240379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319046,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240379\/revisions\/319046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240379"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=240379"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=240379"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=240379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}