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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by MisterTea on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:28PM (#21204770)
> What is really interesting about this is how completely and utterly poorly Blizzard anticipated this very obvious possibility and thus is so poorly handling every single aspect of this.

I kind of doubt that. With potential billions on the line, losing a few protesting players and face isn't anything to worry about. They have plenty of people hooked playing their games so they don't have much face to lose.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by fpgaminer on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:35PM (#21205616)
I'm curious what the reaction to these events has been in South Korea, where Blizzard derives a significant amount of their worth from. I would think South Korea would be particularly incensed, given that they are also a small country near China and are familiar with tyrannical rule. But I've not read up enough to know if these events are making waves there.

If they are, that's a far bigger issue for Blizzard than a handful of angry American players.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by hkmaxpro on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:22PM (#21206233)
> South Korea, where Blizzard derives a significant amount of their worth from

> that's a far bigger issue for Blizzard than a handful of angry American players

In fact Activision Blizzard only has 12% of revenue from Asia-Pacific [0][1]. The vast majority is from the Americas and EMEA [2]. The west should have a bigger say on Activision Blizzard's business, not China or South Korea.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/df2ke8/the_asi...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Blizzard/comments/df8tmr/the_entire...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/dfezlv/activis...

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by hkmaxpro on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:42PM (#21207117)
Additional info: For those wondering why Activision Blizzard kowtows to China while having a small revenue base there, tweets by Mark Kern (team lead of World of Warcraft and former Blizzard employee) may offer an answer.

https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1181737774132518912

The whole thread is a gem. Boils down to bribes and subsidies. He's taking a huge risk by making it public.

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