It sucks that NT has to deal with all the continual hate and angry fans talking smack about their new game all because DmC ruffled their jimmies.
"Oh! Tam Tam talked bad about Dante!"
grow the f*ck up. Just because he talked about your clowny anime hero doesn't mean he's the first and he certainly won't be the last. Dante is a dime a dozen in cool characters, so if you don't like people making fun of your character, then ignore it and walk away.
NT/Capcom insulted the fans by saying DMC Dante was like a gay cowboy, NT (or maybe Capcom) insulted them for liking a character with white hair (as seen in the cutscene). Yeah, it's molded into the form of a joke, but honestly, I wouldn't joke around about people's opinions; at least not in such an offensive way, and definitely not right after Devil May Cry got rebooted - that's like kicking people when they're down. Ninja Theory/Capcom just made a stupid decision with all that. Then Tameem comes along again and says he doesn't give a s.hit about what people think about their game... wow. Not exactly a good way to gain fans/increase sales. You're making video games for people, too (the consumers), whether you like it or not. I'd say all of the aforementioned warrants a response of not taking them seriously and possibly hitting back once in a while. It was a stupid (PR) decision. The end.
NT were given the job to do DmC and followed the orders of Capcom to the note. Everything NT did was instructed by Capcom and you can't hate them just for doing their job, and you can't hate Tameen just because he talked about your favorite character Old Dante. If so then you're gonna hate me for a long time.
What is your point, exactly (don't mean that to sound aggravated, sorry)? Do you mean that Capcom should be respected at all times? They can't do anything wrong? Because I couldn't disagree more - just look at RE6 and some other things. Respect is not given, it's earned. I place the blame more at Capcom's side than NT's; it was their idea to reboot Devil May Cry, and their idea to 'westernize' it. Apparently, Ninja Theory even wanted to make Dante more like the old Dante, but Capcom disapproved. And Tameem should kind of act like a role model; he's an important developer, and if he gets emulated, we might soon have a lot of developers just talking s.hit about people's favorite characters and such.
Besides, I doubt everything NT did was instructed by Capcom. Capcom did the gameplay (mostly), while Ninja Theory pretty much handled everything else.
Why are you discouraging people from hating things? If people want to hate Tameem for what he said, more power to them. I feel that being able to hate things and criticize things makes us... complete. It's just part of who we all are, and it's not inherently a bad thing. Moreover, you can't tell people to shut it just because you don't like it. Well, you can, but don't expect people to listen and 'obey'.
All in all, I think NT did what they needed to do and did a pretty good job on it. I just don't think NT should get the full brutal assault of hate while Capcom is sitting on an, at worst, rock cushioned bed.
True. Whether you like or dislike their work is a wholly different matter. They just did what they wanted to do, and Capcom should be fifty percent accountable, right? Seems fair, since DmC wasn't just made by Ninja Theory.
