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Nintendo: Sorry for calling you geeks. - 06-16-08

Nintendo Europe’s managing director Laurent Fischer recently responded to Wii owners asking for more storage space by saying "only geeks and otaku want a Wii hard drive". This caused a lot of anger amongst the hardcore Wii owners and even God of War creator David Jaffe. But now, Laurent...
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By igniteryan on 06-16-08
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I don't belive this guy. Sounds like some BS appology to keep his job.
Exactly. They never mean what they say.
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By Sesshomaru on 06-16-08
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You all are too sensitive to one person's words. I could understand your pain if sakurai (creator of Brawl) or Iwata said that, but come on, this guy is pretty much a nobody.
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By SoSik on 06-16-08
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You all are too sensitive to one person's words. I could understand your pain if sakurai (creator of Brawl) or Iwata said that, but come on, this guy is pretty much a nobody.
I don't care much about this subject, I was just speaking why people might think the word "geek" could be offensive when it shouldn't.
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By Cantgetridofme on 06-16-08
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That's just a cover up for what he really means. It's like politics... They say something people don't like and then they apologize in public so that the media hears them but really they don't mean that apology. It's obvious... Anyone recall "I did not have sex with that women"? Rofl
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By zerolocked on 06-16-08
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I hope everyone knows that that was not a real apology...
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By sk8radam1993 on 06-16-08
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At least he tried to make up for it. Didn't do the best job, but hey... Whatever.
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By SoSik on 06-16-08
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At least he tried to make up for it. Didn't do the best job, but hey... Whatever.
Yeah, people say things they don't mean to say. Later on they regret saying it in the first place.
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By coolgra101 on 06-16-08
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I couldnt care less, i'm with the third party producers, go Renegade Kid!!!!
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By metroidking22 on 06-16-08
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For the record, Laurent Fischer IS a guy lol...
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By arcade124 on 06-16-08
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What a bullcrap apology. sarcasm/
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