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A former employee of Sony has spoken out about how he got fired from Sony for criticizing the PlayStation 3. Josh Robinson is a former Sony 3D artist who had written an article on his blog concerning the PlayStation 3.
His article included comments such as, “Our game just keeps getting moved back… And back… And back. Again, where is the box? Where is the final system? When is it coming out? No one knows and in the meantime people in the industry are starting to get just a little salty.”
“You could always tell where the PS3 dev box was because it’s the room that had the F-bomb coming out of it half the day,” he also commented.
His comments went so far as to criticize the PS3’s capabilities compared to the Xbox 360. “I’ve also talked with people on the technical side of the Xbox 360. The consistent comment I am hearing from people on my end is, ‘The Xbox 360 is better’,” wrote Robinson. “They are saying that it is capable of just doing more.”
Robinson did not feel that he was breaking the non-disclosure agreement by posting the article. He even states that he let two other Sony employees read the article before publishing it and both agreed that the article was not in conflict with the NDA.
“Did I knowingly break NDA? I absolutely did not. I would never do that and I would never want to hurt Sony Online. Did I dance in the gray area by even opening my mouth? Yes I did and I was fired for it.”
After the article was published, Robinson was fired from his job at Sony. “[I was] let go at Sony after the article was plopped on the desk of Sony corporate. I was also asked to remove the article immediately, which I did without any resistance.”
Despite his termination, Robinson holds no hard feelings toward Sony. “It was something unfortunate that happened and I sincerely hope Sony isn’t damaged by it… In fact I cannot say enough nice things about the CEO and the VP of the company.”
Robinson has accepted a new job at an unnamed company in the Santa Monica area. He says he has learned his lesson. “I guess the new rule for me is, don’t ever say anything at all about anything. Ever…Ever.”