If you still buy EA games at this point you better not tell anyone because you’re a braindead fuckwit for sending Saudis your money
It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it
Submitted 1 month ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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gustofwind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I have bad news for you if you drive a non-electric car 😏
gustofwind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some people have no choice in what kind of car they can afford to drive.
We all have a very easy choice when it comes to choosing your video games
postcapitalism@lemmy.today 1 month ago
As much as I hate the ruling family of Saudi Arabia… get off it:
bts.gov/…/us-petroleum-use-domestic-supply-and-ne…
reuters.com/…/how-much-crude-oil-does-us-import-b…
Your information is dated. We are net exporters of crude oil for the past 15-years with majority of import from Canada and Mexico
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wait, you think the Saudis buying EA have anything to do with profit? EAs profits and earnings are meaningless to them.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
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.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
EA games suck nowadays anyway; this was just a buyout for shareholders and founders.
YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Remind me: when was this not the case? I never in my life heard anyone ever say ‘oh great, it’s an EA game’
desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
dead space, mirrors edge, original skate
utjebe@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Probably games around year 2000. Not so much recycling back then.
TipRing@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Back in the late 80s they were pretty legit.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Does “It takes two” count as an EA game?
I_Jedi@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone for PC was pretty good.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 1 month ago
Yeah the kushner share is a bribe to bypass regulatory oversight, didn’t you know?
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Do they need Kushner for that? They done a pretty good job funneling money to Him over the last 8 years.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 1 month ago
As long as the money keeps coming there won’t be any problems.
That’s always how it’s been!
DaMummy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Effectively all it? That’s 93.4%, that’s more than 90%, and almost 95%, which is almost 100%, which would be all of it!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This guy maths.
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But they’re not equal, hence the phrasing
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They are saying it’s redundant, and therefore unnecessary.
crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Didn’t need additional reasons to never buy EA garbage, but yeah sure ok.
khepri@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Boy EA really hit rock bottom and just keep on a-diggin didn’t they.
Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The Evil Ampire gets bought by an evil empire. Huh.
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Lonelybrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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 1 month ago
Your sims will have to pause five times per day to pray.
dil@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
What we have is literally the censored version by default, they just woohoo?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dice - mirrors edge, battlefield
Popcap - tons of mobile games
Respawn - Alex legends, Titanfall (ex call of duty developers)
Codemasters - lots of racing games
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Sims
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Criterion :(
devolution@lemmy.world 1 month ago
SA - fuck everything.
pyre@lemmy.world 1 month ago
sounds like a perfect match for EA
reddit_sux@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Would love to see how do they fuck up the fuck up.
devolution@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s the Saudis. Expect heavy sanitation.
acme401@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I deleted my account and lost access to all my games. Fuck EA. I will not be associated with murders.
Krompus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
EA (Respawn) peaked at Titanfall 2 and hasn’t released anything good since. I set them to Ignore on Steam a few years ago.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Jedi Fallen Order was good though (also Respawn).
Krompus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah Respawn is a good dev, just a shame they got bought by EA and scrapped Titanfall 3.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
And even then they massively fucked up by ignoring all the ddosing for years. It gave us Northstar but it’s a paid fucking game, come on man.
OutwateredFish@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
We are all children of
jesuspetro states.magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 month ago
Does EA own any other companies/brands that we should be aware of?
moody@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Yes, they’ve been buying up smaller studios for decades and shutting them down.
There’s an entire wikipedia page about it.
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The only EA franchise I’ve cared about in the last 15 years was Mirrors Edge. Would love another but I’ve long given up hope on that.
bystander@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Take a gander
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Unfortunately they have an exclusive publishing deal with the guys who made it takes two and split fiction.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
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
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
08 you say?
*Scott the Woz has entered the chat"
termaxima@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Oh great, so now even IF the Sims 5 comes out, I have a moral obligation not to buy it…
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yo ho, matey
termaxima@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
It’s never going to happen anyway so it doesn’t matter x)
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I mean it’s not like they can make it any worse.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 month ago
And the worst thing is, they probably still won’t be as self-destructively greedy as they were before.
Sunshine@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Gotta delete the account next.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How is this even legal?
forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You seem to be under some misconception regarding why actually wires our laws. Hint: they’re called lobbyists to get people to ignore the rampant bribery.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Bribery? They are buying a company. That’s it. There isn’t anything special about it. It’s like any other company out there.
okamiueru@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What exactly about it is it you feel should be illegal?
Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Foreign country buying a US corporation.
tuskyo@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
Good.
I hope they fuck over workers and customers as hard as possible.
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh good, I can continue not buying EA games.
seathru@quokk.au 1 month ago
No, but I may pirate a few now. Just to seed them as a tiny middle finger to the saudis.
wilmo@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I’d have to check but I think the only EA game I even care one iota about would be Dead Space. But I already got the remake for free on PS5 and I pretty highly doubt they’ll remake the other two so… I’m good