You really don't see any irony in people being offended that he called an American a foreigner when the whole basis for why the guy was mad was that the American wrote an article shitting on Japanese gaming development and how they're "Clueless"?
So the American can generalize that say that they're clueless, but I'm supposed to get offended when the guy comes back calling him a foreign asshole? At this point it's just a description.
Great great great post, and it is so true. This entire gen has been LOADED with the whole "loljapan" stuff. Noone batted an eye then, and Kotaku is once again clearly in the wrong, and now I'm expected to crucify Kamiya for firing back? Cmon now, don't be ridiculous.
And stop leaning on the bullshit excuse that people that see Kamiyas position as reasonable are doing so because they like his games. I don't give a toss about anything he has worked on, nor anything that he will. This isn't about that.
Ah Kotaku.....
UPDATE: The original headline for this story—"The Guy Who Made Bayonetta Is Clueless about Valve and PC Gaming"—has been changed. "Clueless" was a poor choice of words and we apologize for the negative connotation. That said, we appreciate Kamiya's colorful reaction to the story and hope that, now that we've changed the headline, those who couldn't get past that will be able to read the piece. - Stephen Totilo, Editor-in-Chief
Figures. In the end this is on them. They were in the wrong.
People keep saying stuff like "of course he would call Kotaku 'stupid foreigners' because of their dumb article" but is there even any reason to believe that he paid enough attention to that article to make that conclusion? Considering his past tweets, I think it's more likely that the "stupid foreigners" thing was 100% directed at the English-speakers trolling his twitter and no one else.
You would have a point if the headline of the article itself wasn't enough to give him more than enough reason to respond the way he did. That's why Kotaku went and changed the title. Their position in this is completely indefensible.