Sony’s said that it’s not profiting from sales of an Overwatch charity skin. Earlier this week, the web managed to infuriate itself when a product description for a new Mercy skin designed to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation noted that £10.12 of the £12.99 sale price would be donated to the charity. Many assumed that the platform holder was taking a cut.
However, as we pointed out in our article on the matter, the company generally takes a 30 per cent royalty from all PlayStation Store transactions, and the difference in question here is closer to 20 per cent, which is the current rate of VAT in the UK. The Japanese giant hasn’t confirmed either way, but an SIEE representative has stressed that it’s “not making any profit” from sales of the skin.
It’s perhaps not the total transparency that many hoped for, but it should ease fears that the firm is stealing funds from deserving charities.
[source vg247.com]
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Oh whats new the media jumps on something and it turns out to be wrong thats cheap journalism for you. 😉😑
Eh don't even care if they did I would rather go and donate my self 15$ to the charity then to buy a skin.
It's like people don't even know how charity works Instead of Blizzard Saying "we are raising money for charity donate how much you want and get a free skin"
And then they give a link to the site for you to donate.
And Lmao Overwatch is dead even the most hardcore are leaving.
Nice Duffy reference.
Still probably VAT
Every single Mercy I see in the game had the skin, really heartwarming
Well, there's always going to be hands in-between the donor and the recipient.
It's not making profit but sure as hell ain't helping the charity by covering those 20%
"For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. Plus a social media overreaction."
@Tulio517
It was heartwarming for me until I heard someone say "Breasts never die! For a price."
Tea Cup + Storm. Welp
@MrOso Hardly.
This dude summed it up perfectly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gymQQK2e6Gg
And It happened.
@MrOso Yeah that's why most OG players are leaving more and more people say the game is dying no regular Updates no new heroes meta is stale.
And It's no wonder the game is dying hell a lot of bigger overwatch focused channels are saying The game is dying.
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