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Why would Blizzard bother to lie about this? I guess they're trying to recover from all of the negative press, but it looks like they're just digging themselve
by anonymousiam 7y ago
Why would Blizzard bother to lie about this? I guess they're trying to recover from all of the negative press, but it looks like they're just digging themselves into a deeper hole.
- netsharc 7y agoMaybe it's to sway people who are on the fence, if such a demographic actually exists. This statement might be enough for them to think "See, Blizzard isn't that bad, from now on I will assume the people still complaining are the wrong ones, and I will say 'Blizzard apologized, what more do you want?!?'.". Maybe the CEO even thinks "you can't make everyone happy, at least I did something.". And in the back of his head he probably thinks "but make sure China is happy!".
- TillE 7y agoThe lies are weird. They're claiming they would have snapped off a 12 month ban for saying any political slogan, which is...insane. Wildly disproportionate. Not even a little plausible. There's no explanation for Blizzard's actions that does not include feared pressure from China, and it's just insulting for them to claim otherwise.