I could see one out, thanks to Black Myth Wukong airing their own dirty laundry during its development, about SBI: Find some communique, some email or phone record or meeting minutes, prior to the hiring, that shows it was done under duress. BlackMyth went on public record stating that the wokists blackmailed and threatened their business, and they chose to not engage, and got a massive smear campaign as a result.
Of course, they should only do this if such is true. If they engaged in this practice willingly, they should be full-throated supporting their own decision, not whinging and half-backtracking-but-not-really about it. But if they came out and said "Yes, Sarkessain is in the credits, we were extorted and afraid, and didn't know what to do, but now that its out and can stand on its own merits without the journo's threats... fuck 'em." it MIGHT help.
It probably would help, but I would argue that in this case, it shouldn't and if it did help, the wrong lesson would be learned. StS1 might have a lifetime revenue of $100M. If you can't use that to tell your blackmailers to fuck off, you don't deserve to get out of it.
I could see one out, thanks to Black Myth Wukong airing their own dirty laundry during its development, about SBI: Find some communique, some email or phone record or meeting minutes, prior to the hiring, that shows it was done under duress. BlackMyth went on public record stating that the wokists blackmailed and threatened their business, and they chose to not engage, and got a massive smear campaign as a result.
Of course, they should only do this if such is true. If they engaged in this practice willingly, they should be full-throated supporting their own decision, not whinging and half-backtracking-but-not-really about it. But if they came out and said "Yes, Sarkessain is in the credits, we were extorted and afraid, and didn't know what to do, but now that its out and can stand on its own merits without the journo's threats... fuck 'em." it MIGHT help.
It probably would help, but I would argue that in this case, it shouldn't and if it did help, the wrong lesson would be learned. StS1 might have a lifetime revenue of $100M. If you can't use that to tell your blackmailers to fuck off, you don't deserve to get out of it.