EA Sell-out to Saudi Arabia

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Oof! Greed meets greed and worse

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

 

[Luseth 2,151]

I honestly don't think much will change, the games won't improve but they will want to continue making a profit, this is all part of them trying to diversify income by moving away from just oil.

 

They have taken steps into the gaming industry elsewhere and I suspect they may push esports more on the EA titles as well.

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2 hours ago, Luseth said:

I honestly don't think much will change, the games won't improve but they will want to continue making a profit, this is all part of them trying to diversify income by moving away from just oil.

 

They have taken steps into the gaming industry elsewhere and I suspect they may push esports more on the EA titles as well.

Nothing will change in terms of leadership but I think they will be more aggressive with monetisation to try and overturn their debt as quickly as possible - something Microsoft seem to be struggling massively with after the Bethesda and Activision buyouts. A new Battlefield game every year has already been announced for the near future and I wouldn't be surprised if this was a condition for the takeover to be completed. 

 

I also think this will finally be the final nail in the coffin for BioWare, certain design philosophies and see a huge shift to live service exclusively.  Another concern is kernal-level material going to yet another continent.