I don't this in the same vein. I think Don was well-liked all around.

Did that hold up after the One debacle that lead to a total about face? And he was at least part of it, with comments like "if you can't take advantage of the xbox one, we have a solution for you. The xbox 360" (not exact wording but you get the point).

I could very much imagine the whole mess costing him a lot within MS and leading to him looking to go somewhere else and start over.

It means you're going to be forced to use the front facing camera on the iPhone in order to play games.

There is no more certain path to an early retirement from Microsoft than being perceived as a threat to Steve Ballmer for the CEO job.