Twisted Metal director David Jaffe upset a number of our more mental Xbox 360 fanboys yesterday when we quoted his comments on console exclusivity. After earning a torrent of vitriol from various community members for flying the Sony colors, Jaffe hit back in no uncertain terms.
"Holy f**k, Destructoid Xbox-only owners out in full force against me," Jaffe said on Twitter. "WTF? I can't have an opinion? It's not that we would not LOVE to have our games in every home in the world ... even the ones without electricity.
"F**k it -- we don't care! It's just that we value our relationship with Sony very, very much. They give us extra time to make the game great, lots of creative and marketing and business support. And we like the people over there tons; they are like family. Why is it so hard to understand we'd like to stay in that kind of working relationship?"
Speaking as somebody who has taken a battering from fanboys on both side of the fence, I'll give Jaffe a thumbs up here. Especially since he also stated he loves Destructoid as a site and said nice things about a certain British editor ...
"While I was somewhat bummed and surprised by the Destructoid commenter hate, I got nothing but love for the site itself. And Sterling is actually a great voice of no bullshit game journalism that I really respect a lot. He calls BS on a lot of hyperbolistic crap and I love that about his work."
I guess those people trying to curry favor with Jaffe by slagging me off winded up with a lil' egg on their faces. Now to fashion a little badge that says "Jaffe Approved" and wear it to parties!
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2:40 PM on 12.01.2010 | 
I do feel for the people who can't play it but at the same time I can't see why they'd get so much nerd rage ( I say nerd rage with respect because I've done it too but not all crazy like ).
He's a god-durn' PR nightmare, is what he is.
@PappaDukes AHHH I see what yo Did There o3O
Awesome stuff by Jaffe though!
you'd never hear molyneux ranting like this. suck it up.
Perv.
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Those Jaffe- er Jaffa cakes are going to eat your soul! Bet you can't stick your fingers up those cakes! xD
Though ignoring the issue doesn't resolve anything. >.>
It's good to hear him passionate like this if that same passion is being put into the game, which I'm almost certain it is.
I get my greasy fingers up something don't worry WATCH THIS SPACE
Then again, this is the internet, was he expecting peace, love and flowers?
Keep being awesome Jaffe.
It's not "We'd rather improve Sony's market position than have our games reach more people," which is a ridiculous position to hold, but "Even if we had the option of going multiplatform with Twisted Metal, going multiplatform wouldn't be worth sacrificing the extra time, money, and support we get from our relationship with Sony that lets us make the games themselves better."