Was WoW's "tribute" to Robin Williams a money grab?

[Nicklesbe]

Zanten said:
Soooo, we officially have a link to an actual petition that was signed by over ten thousand people. Case closed?

Because pretty sure if they had IGNORED the petition we'd inevitably be hearing 'Oh, those cold, heartless corporate bastards, not able to lift their little finger or expend any resources just to make one NPC for a man who loved their game yada yada yada.' =P Regardless of what Blizzard had done on the matter, someone would have portrayed it as an act of respect, and someone else would have portrayed it as an act of cold inhumanity, and either one could have been right, so how's about we just at least acknowledge that there was indeed a pretty impressive amount of public outcry for it to be done and leave it at that?

Not really case closed. They put it behind a paywall and just increased the price. Whether or not people signed a petition doesn't change the fact they are making money off it. If they want to make it right then they should donate the proceeds from that increase to the William's family and their various charities.