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flamiera, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

Oh are they finally running out of that oil money they're known for?

If so, good, stop throwing your damn weight around and contaminate whatever you touch.

Agent_Karyo,

They are not running out of oil money.

They have the best cost per barrel economics out of all countries (at scale) and they still hold a stupid high % of the market (10%+).

Their game investment strategy is of course a massive failure. They will exist in 24-36 months. You don't need to be a financial analyst to understand this.

ms_lane, (edited ) do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

Maybe they’ll finally sell off GlobalFoundries,

thatKamGuy, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

It’s not as much a “feel-good” story as comments who haven’t read beyond the headline might make you believe:

The PIF values its total investments at nearly $1 trillion in assets, but a significant percentage of these are hard-to-sell assets with no public valuation; as a result, the NYT reports that the PIF reps have told international investors that it is “unable to allocate” for the near future.

Despite this, a spokesperson for the PIF, Marwan Bakrali, told the newspaper that it had $60 billion in cash and “similar financial instruments”.

ETA: Its not as though they’ve lost a significant chunk of the fund, but rather that a sizeable portion of it is tied up in illiquid assets that can’t be readily sold, or valued and loaned against.

Though there is some mention of some of their investments being in “distress”, so there is at least some good news?

JeeBaiChow, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

Our former prime minister claimed they also invested heavily in a past election which was gerrymandered up to the neck, that they then proceeded to lose. So sad.

Cybersec, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

You hate to see it (love to see it)

tanisnikana, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low

Maybe they shouldn’t have tried building that line, killing journalists and paying hush money (which worked badly enough that I, a random Cascadian citizen, know about these crimes)?

_cryptagion, do games w Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low
@_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus avatar

what a shame.

CosmoNova, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

Creative freedom over how they fire people and sell IPs to pay off the mountain of debt they loaded the company with.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

I’ll be honest, maybe it would be better if they didn’t have creative control anymore. They haven’t really been all that creative these past years.

melsaskca, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

“sale to consortium” just sounds like Star Wars “Empire” type shit.

itkovian, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

That’s not exactly a good thing, considering that EA has been creatively bankrupt for more than a decade now.

Jumi, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

Luckily EA games are easily avoided because you need their garbage launcher for everything.

tacosanonymous, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

Let’s say that I believed them. Is that even a good thing? They fucking suck and Andrew Wilson can go all the way to hell.

jali67, do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

I’ll believe it when I see it. Knowing the current admin, they just need to give Trump some bitcoin and he’ll allow this to go through.

thinkercharmercoderfarmer,

The buyers are way beyond that point

Electronic Arts confirmed it was entering an agreement to be acquired by a group of investors comprised Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners at the end of September. The PIF is run by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the investment firm Affinity Partners was formed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

jali67,

Of course Silver Lake is in on it 🤦‍♂️

Bonesince1997, (edited ) do games w EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

Everybody furiously uninstalling EA shit.

Edit: missing letter

atrielienz,

Not me, but I pirated sims 3.

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