Anyone that saw the art in his Siren title knew his day in the sun was over long before now. Sure he will always be at the top end of many of our lists for as long as at least I can foresee, but he has just not been able to draw for a very long time. Sad to see retirement forced on him like this, but it was kind of forced on him a long time ago. I guess now it is just official
Sadly, I thought the same thing. This vision problem is probably what affected his art on Sirens.