Most people dislike arrogance, so you get a reaction like this one. His actions let to this reaction. Had he acted differently, he would have gotten a different reaction.

I'm just calling it like I see it

Well it's not apples vs apples. So you are assuming the translation is perfect, of course? See, unlike comments from T10, this guys native language is not English. Quite a jump of assumption for anyone to assume what was "quoted" here is what the dev really meant.

But to be fair, even if a devs native language is English, it's quite amazing how misinterpretations do happen when that dev is quoted out of context, like I am sure did happen with T10 comments.

In other words. we can make assumptions until the cows come home but to assume that lack of critique about this guy at PD means others are doing "a hollier than though" when it comes to T10, might actually mean the one that says such is the one that is portraying the "holier than though" attitude :).

Wait until we see a pattern develop and then cruxify Mr Yamauchi accordingly. Up to now, (assuming this translation is "accurate", I thought Mr Yamauchi has been most passive?

If this is what he does, it feels like what Madden did.  The designer ignores the world and focuses on himself alone, or merely a small group of fans.  Such thinking will end up with Gran Turismo eventually getting supplanted by someone else who is hungrier than him.  Getting caught up in one's genius can cause a game series to go into decline.

If the budget allocated for your example would be real a lot of people would go to China to work in a sweatshop...

Working in a sweatshop does not gives an income of 100 K per year.

100 persons * 100 000 per year = 10 M * 5 years = 50 M

Now if those 200 working at PD are paid 50 K per year as average, which should be reasonable, you get a budget of 50 M in 5 years in payroll. And then add the other fee like computer, local, electricity which should get you around 60 M.

I agree with your last statement tho, the game better be dramatically better.

I can't speak on the translation from japanese to danish, but the one posted in the OP (despite being bad, to say the least) is still correct on the stuff that matters.

This translation is pretty accurate:

It better be really good or thats a big slap in the face to him haha.
I'm expected nothing less than perfection however.

Sony Selective Memory Syndrome rears it's ugly head again. All the GT fans had a fit when Turn 10 talked up their game. Where is the righteous indignation now? Oh wait, the GT producer says it so it's okay.

Shdn't he be working on the game instead of giving interviews.. release the dang thing already!

Im really not surprised as this is the way it has always been in vgc.

I'm not either. Yamauchi has always made arrogant statements. It's what made the GT fanboy outrage even more ridiculous. I remember when he gave a BS reason for why GT couldn't have damage modelling right before Forza 1 released....with damage modeling. He said the auto manufacturers wouldn't allow it and Forza comes along with the same auto manufacturers and damage modeling. He may say they don't concern themselves with the competition but it's not coincidence that GT added on-line play and damage modeling after Forza.