It'll be fascinating to see what Blizzard does and says today. Do they backtrack, risking the loss of billions of dollars as a result? Or do they continue supporting an authoritarian regime, alienating fans and employees in their never-ending pursuit of growth? Capitalism owns
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Not upfront no... But they are similar to let's say the NRA in America . They have A LOT of power in the Chinese market. Film and gaming. So it makes me wonder. Also that is a pretty strange thing for an American company to saypic.twitter.com/WBDxFxKnOr
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That’s a Blizzard statement written by a Blizzard employee in China. In what way is Tencent involved in this event or Hearthstone? I don’t see a connection other than they’re a 5% ATVI shareholder alongside Vanguard and others: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ATVI/holders …
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Also another concern of Tencent is that they have money in just about every major game Dev. So that is a lot of uncertain power
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In short : They give us money so we're going to keep financing the Chinese government because, yeah free speech is nice and all, but money's more important.
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Whoah whoah whoah. "they’ve never been an instigator of US-China tension or a conduit for inappropriate influence on companies they invest in." Tell that to the Rockets and the NBA with whom TenCent had a partnership with. I'm calling malarkey on that one.
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