We do, given the versions from some countries that disclosed the exact amount donated, read the thread. I think it's generally safe to say that Blizzards legal team wouldn't draft the same language twice and then change it up the third time just to spice it up for fun.
Sure. At least they would of actually commented on the matter and we know where they stand.
Nobody said they are Satan incarnate, hyperbole to the max. They don't need a defense force.
Mental gymnastics. They're selling the same thing and giving less to charity. Not sure why you're trying to rules lawyer why that is a good thing for a gigantic corporation .
Yes, and?
Dont even have to assume, there are actual numbers throughout the thread, heck even the title gives them. Two posts above yours we have another example. Some people just refuse to even read. =/
It's not nice that they are collecting the taxes that they are legally obligated to and still giving a platform to raise money for charity? What are you even talking about? This isn't an issue of morals. It's an issue of tax revenue and where it comes from.
at the end of the day I think that is all we want to know. Is Sony giving as much as the other two stores per purchase? right now that question has been raised and we'd like an answer. The way things are worded make it seem as if Sony is giving less per purchase than the other two parties. It would be nice to get clarification, and if it is the case it would be nice for Sony to change their stance.
Why is the difference in what they give to blizz and what we pay more than the tax value then? Why do you think it's a good argument in the face of nobody else doing it also. ok, change it to charity is receiving less, if my shorthand from my phone bothers you that much.
You seem to be making a bigger deal out of this than it really is, and that serves no real purpose. Let someone actually ask Sony what's going on first.
You have no proof the back that claim up. The reading of the store pages and the napkin math by people in this thread are donating are not the same as what is being donated. For example, maybe this takes into account foreign exchange to get the donation into the currency that the charity can accept. Or tax, or duty on the deliverable.
in that case then everyone should be rightfully upset that Sony is not providing as much as the other two and we should all stop using amateur lawyer skills to defend a corporation.
Sony is giving the money to blizz just like any other transaction in the store.you can't handwave it as napkin math when it's a simple calculation and done accurately: that's just called math.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE TAXES / VAT. For the dozenth time, the disclaimer on at least four countries' store pages at this point suggest that Sony is taking their usual platform fee (or at least some fee) before handing the money to Blizzard to donate. Three of those countries are outside the EU so VAT doesn't even apply in those cases.
Then that could very well be that these DLCs were submitted via the normal/regular pipelines and weren't considered for special attention (which would be on Blizzard to do).
It's not Sony's wording, it's Blizzard's. Why would Blizzard make a different wording for the PSN store when it's exactly the same on the other two platforms this DLC is being sold on? For shits and giggles?
If that's the case, then why would Blizzard go through the process of getting the fee waived for Xbox and not PSN?
Assumptions? These numbers are directly from their storefronts dude.
Maybe the Microsoft store already had a mechanism in place during DLC submission to exempt the submission from taxes or for charity and that PSN's submission process has no such automated mechanism? Not out of the realm of possibility.
so now it's blizzard's fault?
They choose the pricing and make the submission. They also write the descriptions. So, in the end, yes?
Yeah but requires them to release a statement which could take awhile. Approvals and all
Y'all are like Dr strange looking through all realities for the one where Sony can't possibly be the cause of this.
If their system doesn't allow to bypass taxes for these kinds of DLC items, then they would need to make adjustments manually, and unless Blizzard asked them to do so, then obviously the store will take the required tax/fees for posting DLC on the platform.
And I don't either. But thinking through all this logically based on what we know, it's not that hard to paint a picture of what's going on here. Don't know why people are so resistant to seeing the pattern. (And again, if I've been wrong this whole time, I'll happily cop to it once clarification comes out.)
