I've been reading Matt's work at IGN for years. I'm glad something great like this has happened for him (as if his fortunes at IGN haven't already been great enough), but in particular I'm happy he's moving away from Nintendo.
Nintendo has been screwing hard-core gamers for years since the Wii was released, and of course the Gamecube certainly wasn't a trailblazing success. Looking back, hard to believe, but the N64, derided for being a wimpy follow-up to the SNES, can be looked upon as Nintendo's last true console success for "real" gamers.
Quite frankly, Nintendo no longer deserves the great publicity a respected gaming journalist like Matt can provide.
It doesn't matter that Galaxy 2 (and maybe Zelda for the holidays) is being released soon.
That's like pouring a drop of boiling water into a bathtub of ice water and saying: Come on in. The water's fine.
Nintendo is a complete and utter joke.
I wish Matt the best of luck, however. Good luck Matt!