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melroy, (edited ) do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica
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First EA killed all the good developers/publishers like Codemasters.. Maxis. Visceral. Criterion. Black Box.

ANd now they will be sold to a private investors..? What the hack.. EA is dead to me already.

ChicoSuave,

Never forget Westwood.

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

Kane Westwood lives in death!

melroy,
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Ah yes Westwood! Much love ❤️.
EA BTW confirmed it, EA is now sold.

natecox, do gaming w It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal
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Well, at least they’ll finally go away after the hostile takeover. Shame about all the employees though.

DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

How dare that article use the Electronic Arts logo

EA ≠ Electronic Arts

Lyra_Lycan, do gaming w It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

Block all updates to the games and launchers you have, just in case. Sims 4 is dead, guys

rafoix, do gaming w It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

I have been boycotting EA for over a decade. I can’t boycott any harder.

DamienGramatacus, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Wishing this frees up the Mirrors Edge IP for a sequel… Knowing that won’t happen… Sad face…

TropicalDingdong, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica
@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world avatar

I still don’t understand why this sub has a veiney bad dragon thing for its image.

derpgon,

Years of being fucked by big gaming corpos took it’s toll.

SiegeRhino,

joy sticks come in many forms

Ofiuco,
@Ofiuco@piefed.ca avatar

... Well now I can't unsee it...

skozzii, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Good thing I kicked EA to the curb 10 years as go…

BroBot9000, (edited ) do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica
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Just kill off the company already. They have only put out absolute shit these last 2 decades. Just kill it and do us all a favour.

BarbecueCowboy,

Probably where we’re headed, ‘private investors’ is usually code for people who are going to strip and sell off the company.

I hope the IP lands somewhere good.

BroBot9000,
@BroBot9000@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly I hope the IPs get locked up and shredded in legal battles so that we can just start fresh with some new and original ideas.

BarbecueCowboy, (edited )

There are some that I’d be sad about.

I’d really like to see American Mcgee somehow get the entirety of the Alice license back under his control. That man has been trying to finish his vision in some fashion for almost 2 decades now. I think he may have finally given up, but dude has had it rough and it’s obviously his lifes work. I’d also love to see someone take the Sims back to its roots and I don’t think anyone is going to get the money required to do it right without getting the name.

boonhet,

Last 2 decades? Mass Effect trilogy, DA: Origins, the last few good NFS games and so on all came out less than 2 decades ago.

I will however admit I have no idea what they’ve made this last decade. I think they had an actually good Star Wars game with no MTX or online some time ago?

Someonelol,
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I drew that line at Battlefield 3. That was my last Origin only game and I refuse to use any other launcher besides Steam after that.

brucethemoose, (edited ) do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Hear me out:

  • Split Fiction and everything from Hazelight is fantastic.

…That’s about it.

I guess churning stuff out like F1 or Sims DLC every year isn’t particularly offensive, and they didn’t mess up ME LE too bad. And they have a history of some neat originals.

What I’m saying is EA isn’t really the mega villain anymore. And maybe the longer-term horizon allowed by going private will help?

inclementimmigrant, (edited ) do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

They’re being sold to the Saudis. The same guys who hacked up a journalist so they will continue the EA tradition of hacking up developers, only now 100% more physically.

ABetterTomorrow, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Everyone be buying yo dataaaaaaaaa, no longer a struggle to hide illegal activity because we privateeeeee. It’s a new song I’m working on.

FR0578Y73, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Makes me even more nervous for the future of the Mass Effect franchise

But_my_mom_says_im_cool, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica

Serious question. What difference does this make? They’re already a shit corporate soulless entity, how much worse can things get? I already avoid 99% of their games

Renacles,

Hazelight Studios

Deflated0ne, do gaming w Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion - Ars Technica
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Those “private investors” suck. Just in case you were curious

ivanafterall,
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Wow, you weren’t kidding.

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