i still cant believe he left sony for that... he must haven been bored at sony or something

anyone think they've head hunted him for a new console they're planning to release?

/* Joke

Just wandering is there going to be any exclusive contents for PS3 by his new company ..? or he was really fired by Sony..:)

whats so special about him i mean he never worked for nintendo so whats the big deal
j/k

I hope he has fun, and I hope Atari doesn't die. They are too big of a name in gaming history.

Chances are, this has been seen by Sony as an opportunity to build ties with a big player in the industry that doesn't have MS's claws, I mean money, already dug in deep. If Harrison can turn Atari around AND direct them towards PS3 preference then Sony wins big, if he can't then Sony loses nothing because Phil will end up jobless and they can pick him up on the cheap, as it were.

I find this very likely to be a move from the top to counteract the MS/EA swap. Sony would be gambling if that's what they were doing, since Atari may never recover, but they are doing it in a way that almost can't hurt them. In my mind, if this is Sony's idea, it's a very good one. The worst that can happen is that it just doesn't work.

And if it's not Sony's idea then, well, I'm surprised. I'd think they'd want to keep Phil around simply because they probably can't find anyone better. Not to say Phil is their greatest asset, or anything, but in terms of executive-level human resources for the PlayStation brand they really don't have much to work with. If they did, the PS3 would have been a success from day one.

mmnin, Atari is only that now: A name. This isn't the old Atari, let alone the Atari of the goldenages. It's a name, bought and paid for, and nothing more. If it dies, the only loss will be the abuse of a corpse that should have been buried in 1983. Atari has been dead for a long, long time, and it should be treated as such.