Turn on Closed Captioning.
Specifically the bit of:
“So, saying we won or lost to WoW is off-base to start off with. Because they were the game we aspired to be.”
I do like this interview, because everyone keeps trying to make it some competition, when Yoshi-P only has good things to say about WoW.
“If I was that type of guy saying WE’RE THE BEST, we’d miss our footing on the way and 14 wouldn’t be loved so many people.”
Hot damn, first comment I see in the comments section:
“He cares more about WoW than Blizzard does.”
Ouch.
Yes, but you have to love how he talks about WoW in such a glowing fashion, too.
He’s not insulting them or anything, he’s thanking them and complimenting them. It’s actually pretty classy.
That just makes the comment sting even more in a depressing sort of way. 
Ehm… ever considered it could be the culture over there as well? Also, during their development process, the devs were made to PLAY World of Warcraft and MMOs in order to have an idea of what to do.
Everyone in their office, working on that game, etc. - has PLAYED World of Warcraft.
So if most of your players came from or also play WoW you should not insult them?
Burn 
I know, but I think he’s holding back a little not to step on any toes.
Though whoever said he cares more about WOW than it’s own creator.
Oof.
Can you also tell me the next winning batch of lottery numbers please?
Basically. Notice how he’s not insulting Blizzard or anything like that.
Most the FFXIV people I’ve met in that game have been very welcoming to what they call WoW Refugees. It’s a significant population over there now. For them, it’s not a matter of, “YEAH, BLIZZARD IS DYING!” it’s a matter of, “Welcome to the game, let us teach you a bit and help you get started.”
Their design motto is even: “If you get bored of playing and quit, that’s fine. You can come back and play at any time.” - Literally nobody over there cares if you play another MMO or anything.
Yoshi is longtime WoW and Diablo fan, he’s looking forward to Diablo 4.
This is what makes a good game director, playing games, knowing what people enjoy.
Vibe I get from Ion is raidlogging mythic raid and doing IRL stuff. I feel like he’s tired of video games. But that’s just my speculation, maybe I’m wrong, maybe he’s blasting some game.
Having an opinion warranting that much sarcasm? Oh dear. Is this twitter?
Comments like this make me miss downvotes.
The current dev team aren’t WoW’s creators. The real creators left.
Too bad that you can’t, reddit doesn’t exactly do a good job allowing controversial opinions to exist.
Meh, you’re not wrong.
Yeah, this is supposed to be a somewhat positive thread. I mean, you can have your beliefs on what he’s saying, but let’s not try to turn some much needed positivity into negativity.
Look at my post history. You’ll see I have a LOT of complaints with the game. I don’t wanna bring those here right now.
When your brain has been rotten by Twitter so much ANYTHING becomes a political things 
Hard to avoid it when it’s literally dictating your life.
He is so professional and genuine and I really respect that.