In his many years at Sony, Microsoft, and now Google, LittleBigPlanet is still the best game pitch Phil Harrison has ever heard.
In this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, Ryan McCaffrey sat down with former PlayStation executive (and current Google VP) Phil Harrison to talk about his favorite game pitch, as well as Harrison’s time at Sony, Microsoft, Google, and much more.
“There’s a few stories to it,” Harrison began, “First of all, that whole thing came about because a guy who worked for me, called Pete Hawley, spent a lot of time in a pub in Guildford with Alex
and Mark
from Lionhead and, persuading them over many pints of beer, over many, many months, about leaving and starting their own company
Source: IGN.com Why LittleBigPlanet Was the Best Game Pitch This Ex-Sony Exec Ever Saw