That’s not exactly a good thing, considering that EA has been creatively bankrupt for more than a decade now.
Luckily EA games are easily avoided because you need their garbage launcher for everything.
I’m sure the guy who dismembered a journalist will be super chill about creative control.
What
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi
The people who own the company that’s trying to buy EA are the people who ordered the assassination of Khashoggi.
Muhammad Bone Saw, the man who very likely put a hit out on Jamal Khashoggi.
Oh right it’s being owned to a Saudi company
Let’s say that I believed them. Is that even a good thing? They fucking suck and Andrew Wilson can go all the way to hell.
Isn’t that the same thing the studios they acquired said? And we all know how that inevitably turned out.
Origin Systems, they made Ultima Underworld and Wing Commander. EA turned Origin into a download client. I’m still salty.
A fitting fate for EA would be to be dismantled and its name used for an unrelated business
EA: Maxis will continue to have creative freedom.
Also, EA: We’ve put all of Maxis’ resources into The Sims 4.
That’s right, big smile, everybody gets to maintain creative control
Creative control until the Bobs come in and fire everyone not wanting to toe the authoritarian line.
I’ll believe it when I see it. Knowing the current admin, they just need to give Trump some bitcoin and he’ll allow this to go through.
The buyers are way beyond that point
Electronic Arts confirmed it was entering an agreement to be acquired by a group of investors comprised Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners at the end of September. The PIF is run by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the investment firm Affinity Partners was formed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Lol…
I don’t think this is as reassuring as EA thinks it would be…
It’s like if Comcast got bought by United Healthcare, but assured us their customer service would stay at the same level.
I will maintain creative control of my life by boycotting EA forever. It’s one of the key plot points in my story.
Ummmmm, nobody gives a shit if EA keeps creative freedom. Nobody likes EA. EA aquires creative studios, takes their IPs, steps on the throats of creative giants who made name value for something, and then laughs as they add borderline mandatory paid DLC, and laughs as they destroy properties.
If this new owner does literally nothing besides buy smaller studios, and leave them alone to do what they want, it’s an improvement.
Considering the new owners are famed journalist murderer and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman and Presidential nepo-in-law Jared Kushner, I’m doubtful that respect for the creative process is high on the list of priorities. And yeah, EA already sucks but I imagine they’ll find lots of innovative ways to drive EA to new heights of terribleness.
Oh god…I had no idea THATS who was buying them!
Welp. On this day, we lost EA as we once knew it. And nothing of value was lost.
Everybody furiously uninstalling EA shit.
Edit: missing letter
Not me, but I pirated sims 3.
Oh, the content curation is going to go through tonial whiplash and I’m looking forward to it.
Considering their current level of creative control and freedom, that’s like Kim promising nothing will change for the worse in NK.
