Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident

Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by ericmcer on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:38PM (#21205653)

Only time will tell? Blizzard has not been a hip indie game studio for many years now, and people have incredibly short memories. Will you still be talking about this 3 months from now? Their chinese investors, partners, etc. may have a much longer memory than a bunch of Americans getting outraged at the latest injustice to be outraged about.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by AlexandrB on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:43PM (#21205732)

I think we'll get a pretty good indication of whether this will blow over in 3 weeks at Blizzcon. I fully expect at least some attendees will bring signs/symbols to troll China - we'll see how Blizzard handles it.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by metalchianti on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:43PM (#21205729)

I agree with you 100%. I would bet that Blizzard's radio silence had been planned from the start. People will forget but the more they apologize the more they dig themselves into a hole that's tough to get out of. Personally, I hope that I can withstand the desire to re-subscribe in two weeks.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by baby on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:42PM (#21205714)

French people are outraged too.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by jammygit on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:16PM (#21208763)

What do you mean? Lots of social media activity?

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by baby on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:48PM (#21216668)

(I’m French)

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by ryacko on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:29PM (#21207665)

Yes, people have incredibly short memories, they will forget all about Blizzard and never return.

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