High profile developer Insomniac Games, whose games include the long running Ratchet and Clank series, Resistance and Spyro, and who is in the process of developing three games exclusively for the Oculus Rift, issued the statement: "Insomniac Games condemns all forms of hate speech.
A similar fate befell Leeds' highest profile developer Kevin Linfoot, whose KW Linfoot firm had the vaulting ambition to design a 54-story glass-clad skyscraper with a 32-story twin called Lumiere.
Since the announcement, high-profile developers and industry watchers have expressed their support for Rapp, and their frustration at Nintendo of America for failing to support its employee through months of widely documented internet harassment.
What is it that turns what should be a fairly straightforward observation (some high-profile developers don't have a Watch app yet) into such a sticky logic trap?
The phone will ship with a few built-in effects and Amazon successfully courted several high-profile developers to build the effects into their apps.
Some high-profile developers like Tapbots' Paul Haddad have stated that they will continue to work on their software until they feel comfortable with the quality before releasing an 'iOS 7' version.
The system had launched last summer but has generated a bit of controversy in recent days as high-profile developers like Cliff Bleszinski (from Epic Games) began to complain.
The second high-profile developer, the Landmark Corporation, went bankrupt in the wake of the savings-and-loan scandals.
Emaar, a high-profile developer, fell from a high of 15.7 dirhams to 5.5 on October 9th.
One other entrepreneur said that the deal could be valued in terms of its staff, and cited a common startup valuation formula of $500,000 per high-profile developer.
But another high-profile developer, Doom-co-creator John Carmack, dismissed any suggestion it was bad news.
