To Microsoft or Sony, giving away a system ... is literally nothing.
True. They figure that shit into their marketing budget. Hell, they're probably sitting on half a warehouse full of the damn things that are earmarked for giveaways. That doesn't mean that they should be hucking them at every Literally Who who screams for one based on gender, sexual orientation, or the color of their skin. All doing that does is create positive reinforcement for their bad actions.
It wasn't a story until Griffin made it a story.
It was, somewhat. After Sophia drew attention to her grifting there was some traction in the KIA/KIA2/Anti-SJW gaming circles. Thing is, it was pretty blatant that this Literally Who was e-begging based on her race and it wasn't the first time she'd pulled this kind of crap. If she'd shut up about it, ignored the bad publicity, and just done her thing then things probably would have died down somewhat. Instead, she started pulling the usual SJW tactics, doubled down, played the race card, played the gender card, and acted like she had every entitlement to the things that were given to her - not that she was lucky to have been given $1000 worth of equipment that most people either couldn't afford or wouldn't be able to acquire during the holiday season. It wasn't until she started yapping like an annoying dog at the detractors that the shit started getting deeper and outlets like Griffin decided to do their thing.
True. They figure that shit into their marketing budget. Hell, they're probably sitting on half a warehouse full of the damn things that are earmarked for giveaways. That doesn't mean that they should be hucking them at every Literally Who who screams for one based on gender, sexual orientation, or the color of their skin. All doing that does is create positive reinforcement for their bad actions.
It was, somewhat. After Sophia drew attention to her grifting there was some traction in the KIA/KIA2/Anti-SJW gaming circles. Thing is, it was pretty blatant that this Literally Who was e-begging based on her race and it wasn't the first time she'd pulled this kind of crap. If she'd shut up about it, ignored the bad publicity, and just done her thing then things probably would have died down somewhat. Instead, she started pulling the usual SJW tactics, doubled down, played the race card, played the gender card, and acted like she had every entitlement to the things that were given to her - not that she was lucky to have been given $1000 worth of equipment that most people either couldn't afford or wouldn't be able to acquire during the holiday season. It wasn't until she started yapping like an annoying dog at the detractors that the shit started getting deeper and outlets like Griffin decided to do their thing.