LittleBigPlanet team talks about Phil Harrison's 'influence'
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Jun 26th 2008 at 1:05PM }
Harrison's message wasn't simply the creation of marketing folk, however. He genuinely believed in online communities, and without his support, LittleBigPlanet wouldn't be the game it is today. According to Alex Evans, one of the co-founders of Media Molecule, "[Phil's] influence on the game early on ... was hugely useful to have." The development team was focused on the gameplay, but it was Harrison that talked about the online potential LittleBigPlanet had. "He was very instrumental in telling us to think about what it would mean to have user-generated content - to think about what that means for the community."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GP @ Jun 26th 2008 1:12PM
Go Phil! They should have a bobble head sack person of Phil in the game. That would be ummm.... cool? NOT!
Devin @ Jun 26th 2008 1:16PM
Phil will be missed......
MexicanTerrorist @ Jun 26th 2008 1:19PM
LittleBigPlanet FTW.
reson8er @ Jun 26th 2008 1:40PM
I miss Phil, he was a very positive influence in the Playstation world. Lets all hope things can move in the directions he envisioned while at Sony.
Popfrogs @ Jun 26th 2008 2:58PM
I can't see him making much money at Atari. Since 1997 they've redefined failboat.
reson8er @ Jun 26th 2008 4:09PM
^^
Yeah it was *very* surprising to me that he went to Atari, after being so successful at Sony. In my opinion he took a major downward career move. Not to mention Atari is constantly ion danger of going under as a company and constantly runs at a loss.
adolson @ Jun 26th 2008 4:19PM
What you guys say is all true - but if Phil can somehow turn around Atari, it could be one of the best moves he's made... I'd love nothing more than to see Atari's name mean something again. Maybe he is up to that challenge, and maybe that challenge is worth more than financial reward? Who really knows. It'd be neat to hear from him, honestly and openly, about why he went to Atari.
Lars @ Jun 26th 2008 6:34PM
I thought he went to Infogrames?
Yeah, they recently bought the Atari name, but that's kinda like saying someone went to ABC when they got a job at Disney.
I could be wrong though... but I coulda sworn it was Infogrames, not Atari.
PolishBoy @ Jun 26th 2008 7:07PM
okay can every body shut the fuck up ? this game is being shown for 2 fuckin years and still shit happened so please just wait till this shit comes out
Ash @ Jun 26th 2008 3:14PM
phil use to actually make boring keynotes interesting. GO PHIL
Fraser JK @ Jun 26th 2008 7:06PM
Agreed! I think Phil was pushing Sony in a right direction, but like he said, working with them was a pain. Can't really blame the man!
I thought the 'war' was over ages ago until Harrison and Moore left their companies? WTF!
Cornerman8 @ Jun 27th 2008 3:50AM
I like Phil. Actually, I like all the Sony execs. I know everyone harks on them for making promises, and forecasts, and bold statements, but they're public persona leads me to believe they're okay. Sure maybe they ask for it sometimes. But I feel like gamers are so excited and/or passionate that sometimes we over-analyze the things developers/execs say. We're the only industry that I know of that's that critical and that invested. We're the only industry I know of that has a term "fanboy" lol. Through it all I think they mean well...even the fanboys...sometimes.