With his time in the job almost up, Larry Probst has hit the farewell circuit and is dishing out his final thoughts on the industry he's leaving...well, he's not really leaving behind at all. He's just going to do a lot less work. Anyway, as is customary these days, when leaving a big job in the industry you have to throw in your $0.02 worth.

Probst on Will Wright:

Will Wright's our Steven Spielberg. Will kind of gets to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and we pretty much think it's going to turn out well

He said that by the time a PS3 buyer has picked up accessories, software and taxes, the grand total comes to $800 to $900. "That's a lot of money," he conceded.

Nevertheless, he said that Sony hasn't tried to overextend itself feature-wise on the PS3, saying that it will take a while for consumers to understand that they're getting an expensive Blu-ray player "for free" with a PS3.

World of Warcraft caught lightning in a bottle. I know they didn't know what they had. In hindsight, I wish that we had gone out and acquired that business when it was for sale.

The full interview is locked behind the impenetrable iron walls of the Wall Street Journal's subscription service, but for a quick transcript pop on over to Next-Gen. Tell them I said "hi". Luke Plunkett

Reflections of a Game Guy [Wall Street Journal]

Probst Talks EA, Spore, PS3 Price [Next-Gen]

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