Activision cancelled its WoW: Shadowlands stream to “make space for other voices.” Where was that space when Blitzchung and Hong Kong needed it?

[S.Yu]

While I would say that most companies are "flexible" when it comes to politics, this is quite blatant hypocrisy. If instead most people could see it as it really is, then we could say that there's remarkable consistency in their actions, that the former case was self-censorship in order to avoid political retaliation as it's happened so many times in China, and that the latter case is a publicity stunt for a positive image, both cases catering to the political correctness of the two most prominent political powers of this world.
As a side note, I see this argument circulating around the web seemingly undisputed by the left:
https://peckford42.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism/
In China, if something is censored outright instead of publically rebutted, then it's highly likely to be true(though a public rebuttal does not completely rule out its legitimacy); in the west, if something is treated like air by most mainstream media instead of publically rebutted, it also seems to have a higher possibility of being true. And the data it cites looks pretty convincing too.

[Kelly]

I agree with Dan6, if I want the latest political news, and the crappy lying that goes with it, I'll turn on the tv! Games are for gaming!! It's where I go to get AWAY from the "news"!!!

[Shannon]

Does Blizzard make games for CNN now? Why can't we just have fun!?! Why Does it always have to be some political BS!

[AUser]

I've seen this exact "article" posted on 3 or 4 different sites now.

Blizz was wrong about Blitzchung and Hong Kong. They knew it. They said at BlizzCon that they needed to do better.

Here they are, doing better.

[Evelyn]

Yeah this is pretty s*** criticism. You want them to do better, they take it on board, they do better next time and then it's like "now you do it, unfair!!".. like without a time machine that's literally all they can do. :/

[AaaaaWhat?]

The point the article is trying to make is that Blizzard is still full of crap. They don't actually care about the protests, they are just using it as an opportunity to get good will back from the community.

I'll believe Blizzard cares about anything other than money when they put themselves at risk for the sake of a cause. If they dont actually care, then they should just keep their their mouths shut to avoid looking like hypocrits.

[mixedfish246]

Mental gymnastics is strong with this.

How do you compare someone breaching their contract versus delaying an event in respect of racial events?

One is a commercial matter and one is a hate crime.

Like it ain't even close.