<![CDATA[Kotaku: Foot In Mouth]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Foot In Mouth]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/foot in mouth http://kotaku.com/tag/foot in mouth <![CDATA[ Sony's David Reeves - 80GB PAL "Not Worth It" ]]> If the US gets an 80GB PS3 starter pack, why can't our friends over the pond bask in the eternal glory of an 80GB bundle as well? According to SCE Europe Presdent David Reeves, this is why:

You know, the difference between 60 and the 80 gigabyte is very small. We just feel that going up 20 gigabyte is not worth it.
David felt his body surge with adrenaline. He was on a roll.
If you're going to double it, it's worth it. So maybe you'll see something a little bit later, but 60 and 80, really not much difference.
The sad thing? Reeves is totally right. But there's not a different between the 60GB and 120GB models either, since Sony has been kind enough to allow consumers to swap out their hard drives at will. Why are we losing sight of that important detail, and more importantly, why is Sony? Reeves: Release of 80GB Not Worth It [nextgeneration] ]]>
Kotaku-279268 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:00:52 MDT Mark Wilson http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279268&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Spore Developer Chris Hecker Apologizes For Calling the Wii a "Piece of Shit" ]]> Remember Maxis developer Chris Hecker calling the Wii a "piece of shit"? He has an apology for you.

I don't know who has read the internet, yesterday. In a [unintelligible] panel I said a bunch of things. I was trying to be thought provoking and entertaining and fun and a lot of the stuff went too far over the top—on the entertaining and fun side, so that it was no longer thought provoking, just inflammatory. And in the process I hurt a bunch of people I care about. And so, I want to apologize now.

When I'm on stage, I'm me. I'm talking talk from me. From me. I'm not representing EA or Maxis.

I want to make two things perfectly clear.

I do not think the Wii is a piece of shit. Nintendo needs to be applauded for trying to interface on the controller front, the user interface front, on making games accessible, on making a console that you don't need to mortgage your house to afford.

Secondly, it's totally obvious—and I'm sorry that I implied otherwise—that everyone at Nintendo is passionate at making great games. Some of the games give me hope that we will be seen as an art form on par with movies and books.

Whether or not he was made to apologize by his bosses isn't clear, but it's a good gesture nonetheless.

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Kotaku-242822 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:47:31 MST Jason Chen http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=242822&view=rss&microfeed=true