It would be interesting if EA pulled away from lootboxes for their owner’s ideological reasons.
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mohab@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Saudi owning FIFA is hilarious seeing most of its profit comes from gambling. Muslims my ass 😂 Not that they ever practiced what they preached anyway—Islam or not, religion has always been nothing but a tool of oppression to rulers.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
sundray@lemmus.org 7 hours ago
You can bet they’ll pull away from LGBTQ+ representation.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yeah. There’s domestic pressure for this anyway, unfortunately.
False@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Maybe they’ll remove the gambling. Probably not but it would be good if they did.
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
It doesn’t exactly scream “Shariah Compliant”, no.
kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
The religious skirting around the doctrines of their faith is a feature, not a bug.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Except ea lost the FIFA licence in 2023.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Didn’t as much lose it as they called FIFA (an organization worse than EA)'s bluff when FIFA wanted like a billion for the naming rights.
sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Instead of lootboxes, you cut open journalists to get your prizes.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
What are the odds of getting the golden jet in your ultimate team?
Damage@feddit.it 8 hours ago
Wasn’t that Qatar?
criss_cross@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
You are not wrong and I am.