The matter caught fire as Maxis developer Chris Hecker called the Wii a 'piece of shit'. A lot of controversies raised their heads because of Hecker's trash talking.

The whole incident took place at GDC. But later on apologizing for his inflammatory words he said that
What makes me unconvinced is Chris' quote pinned below:
When I'm on stage, I'm me. I'm talking talk from me. From me. I'm not representing EA or Maxis
The time when Chris sprouted out such harsh words against Wii, I think he was over raged that time. But later, as he took in the matter that he has hurt the feelings of millions of Wii fans then he made an apology to all the gamers saying 'I want to apologize now.'
Via: brokencontrollers

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