Look, if you don't think there's anything wrong or iffy with the way his statement on fan expectations was worded then, by all means, carry on.
If you have any conviction that there is something wrong with the statement, why do you feel the need to repeatedly mischaracterized it?
That sounds like an appeal to the majority.
Describing reality accurately is not an appeal to anything, except maybe common sense.
Am I to understand Larian wants to be more like EA, Activision, Blizzard and the lot? Unless I am mistaken you take pride in being an independent (self-made) studio.
If the entire entertainment industry follows the same general pattern of releasing information leading up to release, pointing out that 3 specific companies do the same thing and somehow this means Larian wants to be more like those companies is ridiculous.
Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity, Divinity 2, Dragon Commander, D:OS, D:OS 2.
Guess how information was released for each of those games.
If you follow the original hyperlink you will see that IGN has tagged and headlined the article as being related to BG3.
It is, though more with the development process than the game itself. The answers to the BG3 questions was information about the design process and scope.
