[jett]

Summary of events: Kotaku twists a twitter post from Kamiya to write a sensationalist article, describing him as clueless about Valve and PC gaming, smearing all of Platinum in the process. Nevermind that Inaba, head of PG, had visited Valve recently. Kamiya finds out and goes to town.






protip: Plunkett writes from Kotaku.

[Chacranajxy]

Frankly, I think Kamiya was spot on in this instance.

[jbug617]

Kamiya doesn't want his feelings speaking for the entire country.

[Alex Anderson]

lol "Do you eat shit?"

[TheBaronOfNA]

You missed the: Call them stupid foreigners... but hey... Another LOL KAMIYA thread PRIZE THE KING

[scitek]

lol @ "Do you eat shit?"

[chubigans]

bwahahaha wow. So awesome.

[Shamdeo]

Quality entertainment.

[cj_iwakura]

Maybe the hostility because you called him clueless?

[Supermanisdead]

Hahaha, "Do you eat shit" is the perfect response to anything. Kamiya is my hero.

[Holy Crap]

Damn. Tell us how you really feel.

[Blablurn]

That was really cheap from Kotaku to begin with. I can understand his anger.

[LiK]

here we go

[Coin Return]

Kamiya rules.

[Haunted]

I don't know who's trolling who anymore with Kamiya's twitter (and it's been going on for quite some time).

So writing an article about one of his throwaway tweets when fans pester him probably wasn't the smartest idea Kotaku's ever had. >_>

[Little Green Yoda]

What was the Twitter post that spurred all of this?

[CrunchyFrog]

cot DAYUM

[Holy Order Sol]

Hey, I'm one of those retweets. :)

[Snuggler]

lol "Do you eat shit?"

Incredible.

This is a good example of everything that's wrong but also entertaining about twitter.

[noobasuar]

Kamiya > journalists in the videogame industry.

[el retorno]

I like this Kamiya guy

[Dinosaur]

Do you eat shit? Gonna use this phrase more now.

[Aeana]

I love Kamiya.

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Oh my LOL

[chickdigger802]

could you link said article?

[Jintor]

You missed the: Call them stupid foreigners... but hey... Another LOL KAMIYA thread PRIZE THE KING

https://twitter.com/ondgaku/status/288732948419731457

https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/288813603421831168

follow the money

[Hot Coldman]

ughhhhhhh plunkett

[Typographenia]

Wario64 retweeting this stuff on twitter was killing me.

[JDSN]

Another one:


Once again, predictably horrible display of journalism on kotaku's behalf, considering these quotes from Inaba:

"Console game development budgets are really big," he said, "so we need publishing partners to create those games. I was thinking — with our own money — about creating a PC title for Steam. It would give us the possibility to become a publisher, which is very attractive to me."

Inaba says he recently visited Valve when he attended PAX Prime in Seattle. He says Valve talked about its future goals, where the company was headed, and "things that we can't really talk about, unfortunately." "We got the impression that they are a very open-minded company," he said.

http://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9...ickstarter-tgs

Basically, not only are the extrapolating his views on japanese industry as a whole, but they are also unaware that PG is interested in getting their stuff on STEAM. Some quotes from the Kotaku article:

Title: The Guy Who Made Bayonetta Is Clueless about Valve and PC Gaming

While Western readers may feel that Kamiya not knowing about Valve is akin to an American developer not knowing about Nintendo, the statement is not all that surprising in context. After all, Valve is best known for its work with PC games and the creation of the Steam download service—both of which are largely irrelevant in Japan. Despite PC gaming having such a stellar 2012 in the West, the second half of his tweet accurately represents the general feeling toward PC gaming in Japan—a total lack of interest.

Hideki Kamiya also had a few words to say about "cloud" services such as Steam: 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya@PG_kamiya Personally I don't like cloud thing, cuz it seems kinda unstable to me. Just personally. RT @Storm360 Again, this statement, while baffling to many in the Western world, is completely in line with the standard Japanese line of thinking. Japan is a country where CD rental is still a booming business despite that we live in a day and age where MP3 downloads are readily available.

Guy even assumes that Kamiya means Steam when he refers to "cloud" which are not necessarily identical concepts.

[TheBaronOfNA]

I don't know who's trolling who anymore with Kamiya's twitter (and it's been going on for quite some time).

I really doubt anyone knows...

[Soyongdori]

Kotaku does eat shit

[PhoReal]

Kamiya keeping it real.

[RoboPlato]

Goddamn I wish I hadn't unfollowed Kamiya so I could have watched this unfold.

[Mac the KNife]

"Do you eat shit?" is my new favorite response now, haha.

[The Bookerman]

The title of the article was a poor choice of words. Perfect answer by Kamiya.

[Kagari]

Kamiya is hilarious, although I unfollowed him because he does spam a lot.

[jett]

could you link said article?

Nope. Not gonna help giving that place a single hit.

[2San]

Such selective pickings.

[Zeranium]

Ah, Bless ya, Kamiya.

[Haziq]

Kotaku: "Do you eat shit?"

Best Twitter feed ever.

[SpikedGunner]

...I bow before Kamiya, spot on.

[irwan]

Cannot look away from this what might be a potential train wreck for kotaku.

[vazel]

I'm going to use the 'Do you eat shit?' line whenever someone asks me if I actually play the games I'm hating on.

[d0c_zaius]

sweet I'll add Plunket to the idiot list. Only a Yes man would think the title and tone of the article are legit.

Love Kamiya and hope he continues to not give a fuck.

[Grief.exe]

Platinum games + PC = amazing
Hopefully their visit to Valve worked out.

Kotaku is irrelevant as it has always been. We shouldn't link there at all to not give them hits.

[Samurai_Heart]

protip: Plunkett writes from Kotaku.

Best write down luke Plunkett didn't write the article though, it's this guy (twitter here: https://twitter.com/BiggestinJapan):

[slightconfuse]

Damn love how unfiltered kamiya is

[Angelus Errare]

protip: Plunkett writes from Kotaku.

[TWILT]

Kamiya the god. *bows*

[-Pyromaniac-]

lol at that kotaku headline and then PLUNKETT acting fucking clueless as to why he'd be hostile.