Erik Aston on 09 March 2007
Viper said:
He wasn't forced to apologize for not liking the system, he was forced to apologize for acting like a complete and total immature moron.
If you have an employee say that slams your client like he did, what would you do?
The funny thing is, before he apologized, Wii-haters were trying to talk up how this guy is a "respected designer" etc. Well, he's not anymore. He's now the "the guy who called the Wii a piece of shit," which isn't going to help him much when the Wii does dominate.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
