Well, he left. What does this mean? Nothing. His problem was with Sony JAPAN. This is America (And Europe to some extent), maybe people who live in Japan will care, but what does this have to do with us?

Ugh. I hate it when people just post stuff, just because it's negative, and then you're stuck trying to figure out why the flip should you care.

Isn't he working for the same company that brought out the earlier Roller Coaster Tycoons? As sweet as RCT3 was with it's new graphics and the ability to ride the rides, I thought it was overly complicated and I would rather stick to RCT2.

Anyway, that's rather off topic. I wonder what the full story behind his departure is. I would sort of consider Xbox Live and PSN games to be more of a casual thing. However, I would think some full on casual games would help as well. I may like the big guns, but I also like to play some small stuff from time to time.

The problem with your statement is that most Sony fanboys are not by far the people that bought the majority of PS2´s. 

I'd guess because Sony of Japan has main control over PS3 as a whole. Why Sony fanboys should be upset though i don't know. Cleary Harrison wanted a wide market including casuals, while most sony fanboys want nothing but super narrow "hardcore" games with a Final Fantasy game thrown in here or there.

If anything they should be happy that Phil won't keep bugging Sony of Japan to adopt these casual games that he searches out and makes or tries to get.  No more new franchises like Singstar and Buzz.

why should this upset me as a sony fanboy?

no, youre not going to convince me that my console sucks because phil harrison left. 

Yea he was a great guy, but i stilll have every single great game coming to my system that i expected.

If they do release a lot of casual games, I wont play them anyways, so I don't really care. 

The thing is if different games were announced the Sony fanboys would be waiting for those games. Think about it for a second...with the brand loyalty that Sony has the fanboys will look forward to anything their company is backing. If somehow MGS4 and the other games you listed were Wii or 360 exclusives Sony fanboys would suddenly find flaws with the series or developer. Not to just single out the Sony fans either because the same goes for all fanboys.

On topic however, no Sony fan is even listening to him anymore. It's pretty much like an ex-girlfriend or former friend, you won't care what they have to say. 

whats he supposed to say? uh yeah i was head of an awesome cutting edge gaming company but yeah I blew it

I see what you're saying, but those are only extremeist fanboys and there are some of any system.

 if mgs 4 went to another system and were cancelled for ps3, fans wouldnt find stuff wrong with it, they would simply buy the other system to play it because the game itself has so many fans, not just the ps3.

 for me, for example, im a huge kingdom hearts fan. So, even though i love the ps3, if kingdom hearts 3 comes to the wii instead i will seriously consider buying the wii to play it.

The Clinton campaigned should have picked him up, unless they have enough spindoctors.

Glad he left for greener pastures, and didn't give a fake Katuragi sunshine-and-roses speech.