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title: "Damon Baker joined Xbox after leaving Nintendo"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/damon-baker-joined-xbox-after-leaving-nintendo/"
description: "Last year, Damon Baker, who was in charge of third party relations at Nintendo of America, revealed he left the company after 12 years."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-01-30 20:15:41"
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Damon Baker joined Xbox after leaving Nintendo | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Damon Baker joined Xbox after leaving Nintendo](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/damon-baker-joined-xbox-after-leaving-nintendo.jpg "Damon Baker joined Xbox after leaving Nintendo")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/damon-baker-joined-xbox-after-leaving-nintendo.jpg)Last year, Damon Baker, who was in charge of third party relations at Nintendo of America, revealed he left the company after 12 years.

## [](#new-surprising-position)New surprising position

Baker has revealed the details of his new workplace. On his official Twitter account, Baker announced he’s accepted a position at Microsoft to work as the new Head of Portfolio for Xbox. His role is similar to what he was in charge of at Nintendo of America – second party and third party relations.

> Hey all, overdue news to share. Been soaking up knowledge this last month as the new Head of Portfolio for [\#Xbox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Xbox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Honored and excited to help evaluate all 2nd/3rd party content towards our strategy. Big thanks to [@iocat](https://twitter.com/iocat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@aarongreenberg](https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@XboxP3](https://twitter.com/XboxP3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and team. The future looks amazing! [pic.twitter.com/isqylqnBGk](https://t.co/isqylqnBGk)
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> — Damon Baker (@DWBakes) [January 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/DWBakes/status/1089925551609921536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Well it is atleast a surprising choice to see happen but we wish Damon all the best with his new team!

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