George Harrison is leaving Nintendo

Author: Phil Cogar
Published: 14th September 2007
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George Harrison is leaving Nintendo

Farewell George, we will miss you!

Earlier this year, Nintendo announced plans to move its sales and marketing staff from its Redmond, WA offices to new offices in San Francisco and New York City. 60 percent of the staff elected to leave the company instead of making the move and one of the casualties just happens to be George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication of NOA.

Harrison (not to be confused the Beatle) has been synonymous with NOA for many years. Long before Reggie Fils-Aime became popular among the Nintendo crowd, Harrison was the man who pimped out games such as Goldeneye 007 and the GameCube console.

In a telephone call with Reuters, Harrison said, "I have confirmed to all employees that I will be leaving at the end of December and not making the move to California."

He has yet to announce where he plans to go after leaving Nintendo, but one thing's for sure - whoever takes his spot has some big shoes to fill.

Discuss this departure over in the forums or in the comment section below.
Quote kenco_uk 14th September 2007, 16:43
While my wiimote gently weeps :D
Quote devdevil85 14th September 2007, 16:44
Not goods news for Nintendo. I wonder why they are moving offices?
Quote bloodcar 14th September 2007, 16:58
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Originally Posted by devdevil85
Not goods news for Nintendo. I wonder why they are moving offices?

I don't think an exact reason has been said but maybe, since their office is literally on the same road as Microsoft's, Nintendo wanted to get the sales members away from Microsoft's prying eyes.

George Harrison has been out of the limelight for some time though. He did a lot of pressers during the N64 and GameCube days though. He's a cool dude in my book.
Quote DXR_13KE 14th September 2007, 23:03
and MS will want him in their team....
Quote cpemma 14th September 2007, 23:11
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Originally Posted by kenco_uk
While my wiimote gently weeps :D
Snap! :)
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