Have you listened to the interview? Brevik did not call Diablo 3 shit. He just gave his opinion and was polite (and he mostly said what the people were saying since Diablo 3 came out). And these assholes started insulting the man, although he did not insult them. They are "professionals"? And if you read the "apology" you will see that it's just a "damage control" stunt and a PR speech of how he will continue to make the game "great", as he apologizes to the fans, not to the man he insulted. Not to mention disgusting remarks how he is "crazy, dedicated Diablo fan" as he sent away his pregnant wife and took a week off his job to be able to play it as that is something meaningful to the quality of his work on Diablo 3 and something positive for a man to do - it's shameful. Get your facts straight.
He said it was shit in polite words.
The Diablo developers were hurt because they looked up to the guy, he was the creator of the series. That's why Wilson talked so much about their Diablo fandom in the apology, to outline the fact that they are huge fans of the original games and having the creator call their game shit made them feel so hurt they posted stupid comments on the Internet.
How is it negative if the guy is a huge Diablo fan? Hahahaha, "disgusting remarks" - I'm not buying your shit for one minute, like you actually give a fuck that he took a week off to play Diablo 2. At least he's a big fan of the games, that's better than most sequels these days get.
You people are just angry you pissed away your money and time on the game. You made the choice to buy the game, deal with it.