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I don't know why "a small group of Activision Blizzard employees" would do anything to change your "faith" in the company as a whole. Wake me up when their C-s
by wffurr 7y ago
I don't know why "a small group of Activision Blizzard employees" would do anything to change your "faith" in the company as a whole.
Wake me up when their C-suite staff and board of directors "walk out" or make a meaningful public statement.
- munk-a 7y agoIt's a bit late for any faith there - the PR calculation has swung and the fiscally responsible thing is to back off this move - but as soon as the spotlight is gone all the math will go back in favor of appeasing China.
- baq 7y agofrom the looks of it (they shut down their whole subreddit for a while) their pants are a shade of brown right now. they're in a damned-if-you-do damned-if-you-don't situation and that's what the one of the comments here is alluding to by saying that they have to pick a side. there isn't going back to business as usual after this now, though they'll sure try before Chinese new years. we'll see how the bigger picture will look like in a couple of weeks. google was there a few years ago, i can't imagine their COs aren't grateful for dodging the bullet right now.