Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve...
by CapricornNoble on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:46PM
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>>>Case in point: where were these people prior to Blizzard banning the player? They weren't up in arms about companies supporting China.
I think a lot of Blizzard fans were "on edge" after the mobile Diablo game was announced at Blizzcon last year instead of Diablo 4[1][2]. It was considered to be pandering to the Chinese market at the expense of Blizzard's die-hard and long-supporting western fanbase. The "Hong Kong Incident" is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
I think a lot of Blizzard fans were "on edge" after the mobile Diablo game was announced at Blizzcon last year instead of Diablo 4[1][2]. It was considered to be pandering to the Chinese market at the expense of Blizzard's die-hard and long-supporting western fanbase. The "Hong Kong Incident" is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
[1]https://youtu.be/Ik8efxXXUvo
[2]https://youtu.be/z3jxB7gx8ms