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The report (paywalled) claims that investors include Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). This deal, according to the outlet’s sources, could be announced as soon as next week.

Yeah, looks like I'll be permanently boycotting anything EA now.

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

EA - If it's in the game, it's in the game*'s ingame store as a microtransaction*

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 78 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Going private? Sounds good, less pressure from shareholders.... Selling to the Saudis? Hell no! Good thing I was already boycotting them anyway

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

They probably want EA for the sports games so they can keep sports washing their atrocities away.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Now introducing face ID tech that will immediately brick the computer if a woman attempts to play a driving game.

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Jokes on them I’m already wear a burka over my butthole. My call me brown eye girl

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like something Stephen Miller would try to implement.

[–] ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

You mean totally normal, "sexual matador", Stephen Miller, whose wife (who is definitely not a foreign agent or beard) said inspires her every morning with his anti-left rants?

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

One less launcher I need to figure out in Bazzite

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Take away their license NFL please for the love of god

[–] jjfolken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

With Saudis money? Not gonna happen, be prepared for another decade (at least) of EA Sports.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Welcome to the club, did that ever since they had diarrhea all over my childhood.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I honestly can't remember a time when EA was well liked. Even in elementary school in the 90's, it was common for kids to refer to them as Electronic Farts.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tatann@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

LucasArt's Full Throttle ?

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I‘d certainly be interested to see if that‘d change any of their exploitative practices like FUT. Also hopefully that brings Codemasters back to old form… And please bring old online services back up cause money doesn‘t seem to be the issue then lol

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You have to understand that a company like EA doesn't want lots of money. They want all the money.

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, but that‘s usually stakeholder-driven. Of course, it could be all the same if and when they go private, but this move just seems unprecedented to me so it‘s interesting to observe if it does have any impact in this regard.

[–] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 5 points 18 hours ago

I'm sorry, my brain read FUT as Fear, Uncertainty, and Trout

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

EA is still around?