...well... let's not pretend that the internet mob is completely rational in all its brigading... the pitchforks come out and get pointed in various directions for no good reason quite often...

I can't really blame anyone working in PR for feeling the need to tread carefully. That said, it's probably time we had some fair trade/labor practice disclosure standards for video games and/or computer software in general.

That shouldn't be too extreme an idea to be practical - we have such things in other industries already, like clothing and food production.