Phil Harrison, the game industry’s gentlest, most sharply-dressed giant, worked at Sony for 15 years. Then he left. While he ended up joining Atari, turns out the original plan was to start his own company.
http://lastchance.cc/363444/why-phil-harrison-joined-infogrames-magnetic-attraction%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Speaking with Edge, Harrison says:
This isn’t new information, but our original plan was to start our own company. It was while studying that process that David [Gardner, CEO of Atari’s parent company, Infogrames] met the asset management company that owned the majority share holding of Infogrames. So we decided to take our blank-sheet-of-paper vision and apply it to Atari.
Not new information for you, Phil, but it is to us! Shame on you for depriving the world of a company bearing your name. Or face. Or a stylistic impression of your chewing gum.
