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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it

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It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it

www.pcgamer.com

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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The other investors have tiny stakes, and the PIF has stakes in them.
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    Oh great, so now even IF the Sims 5 comes out, I have a moral obligation not to buy it…

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      Yo ho, matey

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    Makes me wonder what the next Sims game will be like

    Like will women characters be able to leave the house unescorted?

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      Your sims will have to pause five times per day to pray.

    • dil@lemmy.zip
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      What we have is literally the censored version by default, they just woohoo?

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    Gotta delete the account next.

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    Not a loss for me. I liked them when they were still good, on C64 and Amiga. But now? Good riddance. May the sheiks have fun with it.

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      i’m less worried about me not buying their games and more worried about the folks who buy madden every year even though the last interesting release was 08

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        08 you say?

        Scott the Woz has entered the chat

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    Dice - mirrors edge, battlefield

    Popcap - tons of mobile games

    Respawn - Alex legends, Titanfall (ex call of duty developers)

    Codemasters - lots of racing games

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      Criterion :(

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      Long time partnered Sims creators have been collectively bailing and denouncing the take over.

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    The buyout has effectively already gone through, and as the price has been decided, any money you give to them is directly going to saudi arabia, as they will get that new value.

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    Boy EA really hit rock bottom and just kept on a-diggin til they struck oil didn’t they.

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    We are all children of jesus petro states.

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    SA - fuck up everything.

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      Would love to see how do they fuck up the fuck up.

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        It’s the Saudis. Expect heavy sanitation.

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      sounds like a perfect match for EA

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    And the rest is Jared Kushner. Enjoy that shit sandwich.

    EA was already shit, but somehow they found bread made from shit and built a whole sandwich.

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    I deleted my account, intentionally losing access to all my games. Fuck EA. I will not be associated with murders.

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    And the worst thing is, they probably still won’t be as self-destructively greedy as they were before.

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    Didn’t need additional reasons to never buy EA garbage, but yeah sure ok.

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    EA games suck nowadays anyway; this was just a buyout for shareholders and founders.

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      Remind me: when was this not the case? I never in my life heard anyone ever say ‘oh great, it’s an EA game’

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        Back in the late 80s they were pretty legit.

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        Does “It takes two” count as an EA game?

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          93 was my jam.

          But yeah, I’d play that.

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        dead space, mirrors edge, original skate

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          Just listed some of my favorites right there. ME was way ahead of it’s time. Banger game.

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        Probably games around year 2000. Not so much recycling back then.

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          Yep, their early days were bad ass… pretty much like any company that starts out before they become corporate cock suckers

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    Yeah the kushner share is a bribe to bypass regulatory oversight, didn’t you know?

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      Do they need Kushner for that? They done a pretty good job funneling money to Him over the last 8 years.

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        As long as the money keeps coming there won’t be any problems.

        That’s always how it’s been!

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