Harrison Hauls Ass

Perhaps Sony's bullish, some might say arrogant, attitude within the games industry that has frustated developers, consumers, publishers and the media alike, may just be starting to rub it's own employees the wrong way. Phil Harrison has resigned from his position as Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide after 15 years on the job, Kazuo Hirai will take over the post.

There was a news story a few days ago, from GDC, that stated Phil was frustated at Sony Japan for being much too slow in recognising the demand for social gaming - an area Nintendo has taken complete control.

"...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."

It's just a bit of a shame as Phil Harrison was always interesting to listen to at Sony's keynotes. He managed to get me slightly excited at Playstation Home, or lack there of.

Maybe he just got bored.