A rather interesting Rumortoid has come out of the woodwork this morning, as it's been whispered that the inevitable PS4 development cycle and feelings of deja vu caused Phil Harrison to quit Sony.
"He could see he was about to get involved in another PlayStation cycle, and obviously wanted something new," a source told Videogaming247. "The same thing was happening again and he’d been through it enough times to want to move on."
Interesting, if true, but considering Harrison never really gave a reason for his exit, it's not likely that such a thing will be confirmed. When Harrison joined Atari, however, he was quoted as saying that the company's focus on so-called "casual" games was very exciting. I guess he's just not a Killzone fan.
If it IS true, Harrison certainly got his wish of freshness. I'm sure Alone in the Dark was a very thrilling experience for him.
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Plus, yeah another crap playstion would be a pian in the ass!!
"It's a very interesting and frustrating thing for me to experience because I have been banging the drum about social gaming for a long time, with SingStar, EyeToy and Buzz," he said during a private lunch taking place during GDC week.
"And our Japanese colleagues said that there is no such thing as social gaming in Japan — people do not play games on the same sofa together in each other's homes. It will never happen. And then out comes the Wii."