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Blizzard has cancelled the Overwatch Switch launch event at NintendoNYC
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Oh sure.
But I'd highly expect the HK protesters to far outnumber the westboro baptist church.
Everyone knows NOA/NOE Overwatch tweets would be justifiably loaded with Blizzard protest replies and Nintendo shouldn't have to take that bullet.
To be fair, the climate for video games seemed much simpler in pre-internet era in the 90s where video games were treated more like toys and not a medium where many people could make living off playing or talking about video games for instance. Alas time have changed.
Hadn't even thought to check this until you mentioned Nintendo's other feeds, but: no launch day trailer on their YouTube channel, either. Well: they know how the comments would have looked, and how closing the video to comments would also have looked.
I witnessed the whole blow-up at /r/NintendoSwitch yesterday over their moderators seriously trying to make the argument that there's no reason to talk about Blizzard/China when Hearthstone isn't on the platform. If anything, I find it encouraging that their user base saw right through this and spoke up in open revolt. It's a good sign that the Nintendo bubble, which normally doesn't interact that much with anything on Blizzard's end (I would know; I'm rather embedded in both), recognizes that this is inextricably a part of every Blizzard story.
If Blizzard thinks they can drown this out with the cheers of BlizzCon attendees who may be sick of all this in two weeks' time and just want a juicy product announcement, they're in for a rude surprise. The most engaged Blizzard fans are the angriest here. That Nintendo was caught in their blast zone as an unfortunate accident of timing is a sign of what the mood is like, even if people are less vocal about it than they were a week ago. Everybody's eyes are on this.
You know who I don't envy right now? Whoever they bring onto their opening ceremony pre-show, which already tends to be an embarrassing spectacle in drumming up hype for the sake of hype.
Sure. It's almost like the more you enjoy a medium and learn the minutiae of it, the more horrible you realize everything really is.
Ignorance is bliss I suppose.
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I hope Blizzcon is this and Blizzard just leaves the venue.
Lol!!! That would be the most remarkable protest
People are expecting protests, Blizzard employees pushing back, drama ect
You destroyed your cred with that last bit there.
Holy fuck. I hope they can make a change for sure.
I never got what this image is supposed to mean. Is it supposed to be a parody of badly constructed political cartoons where everything is labeled?
I honestly hope the shot callers at Blizzard see how much this has affected their precious community and issue an apology, retract suspensions and change their messaging regarding their business with China. Whatever happens at Blizzcon will likely be what triggers change, or doesn't. If everyone is complacent at the con and Blizzard doesn't even utter a word about this then I don't see them budging.
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I mean, at the end of the day the ultimate shot caller is Bobby Kotick so I doubt we see anything of the sort.
People are expecting Blizzcon to be a shitshow the likes we have never seen.
People want memes and internet lulz. While there are a few who are still focused on Hong Kong there is a huge internet crowd full of gamer gaters/ 4 channers/ former 8 channers/ redditers and many more who just want to see things get shit on while pretending to use the protest as an umbrella. Hell half the time people do not even pretend to mention Hong Kong anymore.
Don't forget to get real excited for all of that Riot Games goodness though!
Thanks for letting everyone in the thread know you are one of those "stop putting politics in my games" punk asses. You won't be missed.
it may show where they stand or they are being cautious. When is blizcon?
YES.
Too soon for Blizzard's comfort, me thinks.