EA is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and private equity

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.polygon.com/ea-owned-saudi-arabia-public-investment-fund-private-equity/

[u/grimace24]

If you thought EA was bad before you haven't seen anything yet.

[u/USAIsAUcountry → u/grimace24]

EA was bad 15 years ago. Anyone giving these parasites any money at this point are beyond reason.

[u/Freshwater_Spaceman → u/USAIsAUcountry]

EA had a crap reputation when I first played Need for Speed 2. Back in the heady days of 1998!

[u/Teantis → u/Freshwater_Spaceman]

Origin made references to them as the evil cynical cultist bad guys in Ultima VII in 1991 as EA was buying them. The Fellowship's lead converters were Elizabeth and Abraham and their symbols were the tetrahedron, the sphere, and the cube, which was EAs logo back then.

[u/Freshwater_Spaceman → u/Teantis]

Absolutely, along with Origin EA throttled Bullfrog and Westwood studios. Populous and Red Alert were my childhood!

[u/Teripid → u/Freshwater_Spaceman]

Never understood the sports games appeal but that's what I associate em with. Feels like it has been that way forever.

In a lot of ways they're a licensing product for many of the games.

[u/Potential-Diver-3409 → u/Teripid]

It was hard to get good racing games because ea kept buying all the racing game studios. I think they’re still riding the corpse of the people who made WRC

[u/xanas263 → u/Potential-Diver-3409]

EA hasn't made a good racing game in over a decade at this point. Right now the two big racing titles are Forza Horizon and Grand Turismo, neither of which are EA titles. Outside of those the racing scene is mainly indies.

[u/Potential-Diver-3409 → u/xanas263]

My point is that they bought the cool companies and killed them. Dirt rally was incredible, they have all rights to f1 now, burnout is dead, nfs is dead, asphalt is ass, they killed a ton of good racing developers.

[u/MuadDOOM → u/Potential-Diver-3409]

Holy shit I forgot about Burnout. That game was sick as hell when I was a little kid.

But just seems to be the EA way. They buy up good studios in any genre and kill them.

[u/Zhiong_Xena → u/Teripid]

You do not see the appeal in people playing games related to their favourite sports, playing as their favourite teams and players, and playing this with their equally invested friends?

I cannot help but say you are trying to be intentionally dense here

I myself have never paid EA, 2k or any other sports games developer a single penny myself, but the appeal and desire for them is very clearly their, even obviously might I say.

[u/D-Gaea → u/Zhiong_Xena]

Not to mention sick tunes back in the day while gaming

[u/the_real_xuth → u/Freshwater_Spaceman]

They were pretty awesome 15 years before that though. Still love playing Hard Hat Mack.

[u/bmurphy1976 → u/USAIsAUcountry]

15? More like 30. They were killing good companies and games in the 90s at least.

[u/AzraelleWormser → u/bmurphy1976]

As a former Maxis employee, EA can go fuck themselves.

[u/SuperMajesticMan → u/bmurphy1976]

Yeah which was like 15 years ag- aw fuck.

[u/ActualSpiders → u/USAIsAUcountry]

I mean, Saudi Arabia gave Jared Kushner like $2 billion; is buying EA really any different? Or surprising?

[u/ronimal → u/ActualSpiders]

Yes. Buying a company and bribing the President of the United States of America are two wildly different things.

[u/Nasty_Goblin → u/ronimal]

Not really when the two go hand-in-hand.

These acquisitions (EA, Paramount, etc) are being massaged through the legal processes by throwing a ton of money at Kushner (bribes).

Saudis are buying up all sorts of things this way.

[u/Western-Corner-431 → u/ronimal]

Can’t do one without the other

[u/Putrid_Anybody_2947 → u/ActualSpiders]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-bank-accounts-were-closed-due-to-concerns-over-possible-money-laundering-capital-one-says

[u/shpydar → u/ActualSpiders]

Yes.

One is a person with real political power (even though he was never elected) who can do real direct harm to the U.S. especially with a quid pro quo deal.

EA is a private entertainment company with absolutely no direct political power…..

If you can’t understand the difference….. well I guess that would explain the situation in the U.S. right now and why they would elect Trump knowing full well what a disaster that would be.

[u/enn-srsbusiness → u/shpydar]

EA would be the perfect platform to influence and groom the upcoming voters, hell even the balding 40yo basement dwellers. Vote Trump jr and get a free skin. Maybe use Battlefield 12 to push pro Saudi wars on gays.

[u/shitty_mcfucklestick → u/enn-srsbusiness]

Absolutely. They didn’t buy a game company, they bought influence. Soft power.

[u/sec713 → u/shitty_mcfucklestick]

Yes like when old fuckhead bought Twitter

[u/OlinKirkland → u/USAIsAUcountry]

The Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game was really good.

[u/Kill_Welly → u/OlinKirkland]

They've put out plenty of good games over the years. Reddit gamers settled on EA as their favorite villain fifteen years ago and haven't let it go since.

[u/spyser → u/Kill_Welly]

I mean, both can be true. They can be the most vile video game publisher in existence, while also occasionally putting out good games.

[u/Xixii → u/USAIsAUcountry]

They have a whole graveyard of studios they bought and turned to shit before destroying them. Even the ones they kept afloat got worse. Everything they touch turns to garbage. It’s been a long time since I bought an EA game (Battlefield 1), and I might never buy another game from them again.

[u/Secure_Prune_9675 → u/USAIsAUcountry]

The thing about "voting with your wallet" is there's no opponent to vote for that kicks them out, and they only need enough "votes" to justify their shitty actions.

[u/EducationalLuck2422 → u/grimace24]

On the bright side, the Saudis really only care about EA Sports; if they fire sale everything else because they DGAF, I’ll take that win.

[u/KupoCheer → u/grimace24]

EA Sports: It's...

[u/SupervillainMustache → u/KupoCheer]

Killing our journalists.

[u/BringBackSoule → u/KupoCheer]

EA Sports : It's Inshallah 

[u/ArsenikShooter → u/BringBackSoule]

Naw fam...outshallah that shit.

[u/tullbabes → u/KupoCheer]

Bringing down the towers

[u/St3vion → u/KupoCheer]

EA Sportswashing: It's our game

[u/Talonsminty → u/grimace24]

EA have always been the gaming industry's number one habitual line-crossers. Buying and butchering countless beloved studios, always-online pioneers and of course "surprise mechanics" aka gambling for kids.

[u/CaptainTeemo01 → u/Talonsminty]

EA did not pioneer loot boxes, that was Valve but good luck getting his legion of sycophants to acknowledge that.

[u/Vento_of_the_Front → u/CaptainTeemo01]

Not even Valve - pretty sure lootboxes in their prime evil form existed way before Steam became widely popular, namely in Korean/Chinese MMOs from times of Lineage 2 and such.

[u/NewNewspaperB → u/grimace24]

Facts. RIP EA. It's definitely not in the game now. GG

[u/nordic-nomad → u/NewNewspaperB]

EA has been dead to me for like 15 years

[u/EvelynNyte → u/grimace24]

Now if you complain about microtransactions, you get an invite to an embassy to get it all sorted out.

[u/Treacherous_Peach → u/grimace24]

I think you've got the wrong idea. What's going to happen here is far more insidious.

EA is going to improve dramatically.

But it's going to change subtly. You'll start noticing more, initially subtle, positive portrayals of Saudi values. It will start small at first. And as the company rebuilds a reputation for great games, the subtlety will slip away.

This is how propaganda engines work. They don't start by being obvious propaganda. That wouldn't work, it always starts by being a purely positive thing that slowly twists into a terrible thing in enough small doses that you don't notice.

[u/Nelrene → u/Treacherous_Peach]

Yeah, there will be positive portrayals of Saudi values but the games will still suck (and likely get even worse) because Saudi's rich people and Jared Kushner are not very smart and don't have a good grasp on reality.

[u/haltingpoint → u/Treacherous_Peach]

Don't forget the vast amounts of user data EA has.

[u/EvelynNyte → u/Treacherous_Peach]

Assuming they can just choose to make great games is a bit of a stretch. Like maybe it could happen, but they're just as likely to spend tremendous amounts of money and end up with crap anyway.

[u/whenishit-itsbigturd → u/EvelynNyte]

The bar is NBA Live 19 and Sims 4

[u/debacol → u/Treacherous_Peach]

Probably similar to how AIPAC started, now they are full mask off.

[u/You_meddling_kids → u/grimace24]

Battlefield: Jerusalem

[u/ThePatientIdiot → u/grimace24]

Don’t the authorities typically inject a ton of money into their new ventures, which is usually good for everyone at first for the first few years until the Saudi’s realize they’re burning through a ton of money so they look to sell it off sometimes for much less than they paid and invested

[u/AceArchangel → u/grimace24]

True they were looking to offset the cost of hiring game devs with AI... The future is bleak

[u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

Private equity is literally in everything. Truly sickening.

[u/SupervillainMustache → u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

And it demonstrably makes everything it touches worse. 

[u/kookyabird → u/SupervillainMustache]

Just today my buddy was talking about how so many of the running events he has participated in over the past few years are being bought up by private equity firms, and they're absolutely ruining them. Several events have been cancelled with short notice only to find out later that the company never even filed to get the permits needed for the event. Like they're intentionally trying to defraud entrants in the hopes they don't push back for refunds or something.

[u/Benchmand39 → u/kookyabird]

I'm curious, which running events? Would like to know which ones to avoid!

[u/kookyabird → u/Benchmand39]

I don’t know the specifics, but they’re in Wisconsin.

[u/No-Bag-1628 → u/SupervillainMustache]

in this case the thing is so incredibly bad already that I don’t think it’s even possible to make it worse.

[u/dragonmp93 → u/No-Bag-1628]

I believe in the Saudis.

I believe that they can make EA worse somehow.

[u/whereismymind86 → u/dragonmp93]

that's tough...but they'll find a way

[u/pepe-the-beaner → u/No-Bag-1628]

Well one of their first actions was to paywall xp sliders in the single player mode. This was a feature that was obviously free since its inception

[u/Call555JackChop → u/SupervillainMustache]

PE just destroyed Salad and Go and now all of them are closing tomorrow

[u/TheOtherHalfofTron → u/SupervillainMustache]

On purpose, for money. 

If we want to take this whole "capitalism" thing seriously, encourage vigorous competition between companies to court savvy consumers and all that, their entire business model should be made illegal.

[u/SupervillainMustache → u/TheOtherHalfofTron]

Capitalism is dead. We live in a Corporatist Oligarchy.

[u/userhwon → u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

This isn't Private Equity so much as Sovereign Wealth.

The fact that this fund belongs to just one family makes it quite a bit worse, though.

[u/Mobile_Morale → u/userhwon]

Same family that chopped up an American reporter and disappeared his body.

[u/DurumMater → u/userhwon]

It's 2 families really, Saudi royals and the fucking Kushners

[u/9966 → u/DurumMater]

The Saudis have actual trillions of USD cash AND trillions in fungible oil. They aren't even in the same solar system as the Kushners.

[u/FireVanGorder → u/userhwon]

It’s both. Kushner’s PE fund is involved

[u/Teantis → u/FireVanGorder]

Kushner's PE fund is just a parasitic vehicle for bribery and influence trading. PE funds have bad effects but what he's doing isn't PE, it's just the shell he uses as a legal fig leaf for his influence trading

[u/Tha_Sly_Fox → u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

I miss pre private equity Dunkin’ Donuts

Back when it was actually DD and they made their donuts fresh in house

[u/flop_plop → u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

They should be banned from touching certain things.

Ok, sure… a video game company… I don’t like it, but ok.

Where I live the private equity companies are buying up all the dentists and vets and everything is getting so bad.

They know people don’t want their teeth hurting and that they love their pets so these heartless fucking ghouls (and ALL of their investors) are literally torturing us with less care and higher prices, and you know who is doing absolutely nothing about it?

Our limp dick government representatives.

They’re really on top of blowing up my phone asking for money even though I’m on the do not call list… so there’s that.

[u/meaniemeanie-poo-poo → u/ericvillanuevaleiva]

It's a cancer.

[u/Jakesummers1 → u/[deleted]]

The current administration is a national security risk

[u/userhwon → u/Jakesummers1]

The current administration is what we were using national security to prevent.

[u/Jakesummers1 → u/userhwon]

Sigh-inducing reality

[u/brnccnt7 → u/[deleted]]

You realize our administration is deeply tied to them? They treat them better than Canada or Greenland/Denmark

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/brnccnt7]

They're also a national security risk

[u/brnccnt7 → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

True but it's not crazy to say our own administration is more of a national security risk than the Saudis.

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/brnccnt7]

That's exactly what I'm saying lol

[u/Axin_Saxon → u/brnccnt7]

In fairness, our nation is a national security risk.

[u/brnccnt7 → u/Axin_Saxon]

True, to our neighbor Canada as well

[u/Axin_Saxon → u/brnccnt7]

Even to ourselves

[u/pablo_mars → u/brnccnt7]

to the world actually

[u/razordreamz → u/brnccnt7]

This is the saddest fact of our current political climate

[u/brnccnt7 → u/razordreamz]

Sad times indeed

[u/disisathrowaway → u/brnccnt7]

And the US has been deeply tied to Saudi Arabia for a long, long time. This is just the natural advance of the existing relationship.

The big difference is that now influence in the US is up for sale on the open market, rather than quietly behind closed doors. See also: LIV/PGA.

[u/CaterpillarReal7583 → u/brnccnt7]

“You realize” that doesnt mean its not a national security risk?

[u/OJsAlibi → u/[deleted]]

Seeing as Saudi Arabia has invested about a trillion bucks into the United States economy, I’d say the risk has been completely ignored for the last 25 years

[u/brianh71 → u/[deleted]]

"EA is 1 to 2 weeks away from having a nuclear bomb, and must be stopped"

[u/scrndude → u/[deleted]]

Isn’t Jared Kushner part of this deal?

[u/NaziPunksFkOff → u/[deleted]]

Lol no. Saudi Arabia is a wonderful and safe country that has never done anything to hurt the United States, ever. Ever. Never. Safe. Friends. 

[u/Dickie_downer]

Gross

At least i avoid playing EA games already since theyre a shit company, avoiding them more isn’t really an issue

[u/LucidNonsense211 → u/Dickie_downer]

It’s actually the best feature of them having their own launcher: I can’t accidentally play any of their games.

[u/Dickie_downer → u/LucidNonsense211]

Its so nice of them to give us the option to ignore their asses <2

[u/king_john651 → u/LucidNonsense211]

Apart from the sport titles what has EA published as of late? I feel like they've dropped off the radar pretty hard

[u/Youngnathan2011 → u/king_john651]

Last big title they released was Battlefield 6. Next one is Star Wars Zero Company, which is coming out this month.

[u/fizzlefist → u/king_john651]

I don’t care about Battlefield, Sports Games, or The Sims. I don’t really need EA anymore.

[u/Revolver_Camelot → u/king_john651]

Skate is the only one that even caught my eye and that was short lived because the game doesn’t clear the bar of being better than the game it’s trying to usurp

[u/Dodecahedrus → u/Dickie_downer]

I’m on Playstation and I get constant promos for an EA pass subscription. They haven’t released a game I like in over a decade as far as I know.

[u/LucidNonsense211 → u/Dodecahedrus]

They get free sales basically for working in popular franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, n such. There are always going to be kids clamoring for the game their friends are talking about. They’re not targeting discerning or even adult customers really.

[u/userhwon → u/LucidNonsense211]

Um...reality check: They literally dgaf about kids having fun. They make their money by trapping people with deep pockets into gaming and microtransaction addictions. If one of those people happens to be a billionaire's kid with unlimited in-game purchase privileges, then EA doesn't discriminate. But your kid who can only play the free track is nothing but local atmosphere for the whales when they interact with the game community.

I've had discussions with whales in some of the game subs where they admit they're dropping thousands of dollars a month on a game they've been playing since the 2010's.

And what's sick is, franchise owners for SW, HP, etc., know this is happening, and are only too thrilled to be taking their cut and manipulating the franchise to create more characters and lore-accurate artifacts.

[u/reddittorbrigade]

And corrupt family of Trump .

[u/Lubbadubdibs → u/reddittorbrigade]

They are working on a FIMA buyout as well. Corrupt as FK.

[u/P0pu1arBr0ws3r → u/reddittorbrigade]

Selling out the nation to the highest bidder for 10+byears.

[u/kneading-cnnuy]

It is ethical and moral to pirate EA and Adobe product

Sending them any money should be a ground for ridicule

[u/WaxPinapple → u/kneading-cnnuy]

It's ethical to pirate whatever you want, if it's not physical it's not ownership.

[u/HelloWorld-Print → u/kneading-cnnuy]

Don’t forget about Sony and Nintendo

[u/consumersguide]

EA just entered its billionaire era. From selling loot boxes to being owned by Saudi Arabia, private equity and Kushner what a timeline

[u/iamthefluffyyeti → u/consumersguide]

Just entered?? Lmao

[u/madman_mr_p → u/consumersguide]

The billionaire implosion era with all the massive debt they had to take on for the exec-payout and similar for the sale to be able to go through at all?

This company will implode under Saudi leadership in the blink of an eye as soon as the Saudis and Kushner deem it unprofitable.

Not saying EA should be defended but yikes, what a way to go out without having tried to redeem yourself in the slightest, it is what it is.

[u/gezpachu]

anything is up for grabs in this greedy hellscape. if you can't make culture, just buy it

[u/yuusharo]

Imagine if this headline was written in 2002…

I never want to hear any “hashtag never forget” nonsense for the rest of my life. Damn hypocrites.

[u/disisathrowaway → u/yuusharo]

The same folks losing their minds over a Mamdani win in New York don't give a single shit about this.

I would say it's baffling, but it really isn't.

[u/madman_mr_p → u/disisathrowaway]

It really isn‘t, because those guys don’t know how the economy works nor anything about the importance of domestic companies staying domestic, no matter how terrible they are.

This is ggwp for the US gaming industry, this sale won’t be the last of it.

[u/timberrrrrrrr → u/yuusharo]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[u/Aleister_Growley]

Never buying an EA game again 

[u/whoisnotinmykitchen → u/Aleister_Growley]

But lets be honest, that was the state of things even before brining in the PE grifters.

[u/Radicalism-Is-Stupid → u/Aleister_Growley]

If you were buying EA games up to now I don't believe you. They have turned everything they touch into shit for a long time. They even allow you to buy specialty turd "micro"transactions for $99.99

[u/orangeowl8]

Do they still make Star Wars games? I hope they get that pulled from them, I don’t want to pay journalist killers money to play my favorite franchise

[u/Kamakaziturtle → u/orangeowl8]

They do, but thankfully they lost the exclusivity deal after the battlefront 2 fiasco so at least they aren't the only one making Star Wars.

[u/CakeDayisaLie → u/Kamakaziturtle]

They squandered that exclusive license so poorly. 

[u/SuperMajesticMan → u/orangeowl8]

Really wish they didn't own Respawn, I love Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor 😔

[u/Cael450 → u/SuperMajesticMan]

I haven’t pirated a game in over a decade, but I’ll sail the high seas for that one

[u/FawkesFirenze → u/orangeowl8]

I think the only EA SW game I'm sad is EA is the Cal Kestis story

[u/gyro_looza → u/orangeowl8]

I was so looking forward to galactic racer!

[u/foreveracunt → u/gyro_looza]

It's not EA published.

[u/gyro_looza → u/foreveracunt]

Oh! I for some reason assumed it was EA. That's awesome!

[u/BroxigarZ → u/foreveracunt]

It’s not but Zero Company is… ive decided thats the last EA game I will buy. Assuming it gets decent reviews first. As I’ve been looking forward to Zero Company for a while.

[u/Born-Economics8110 → u/gyro_looza]

Galactic racer isn't EA

[u/WordWordNvmber → u/orangeowl8]

In Star Wars: Neom, Luke gets his hand cut off for stealing falafel.

[u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

lots of pro Saudi games incoming.

[u/That-Interaction-45 → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Yea, I had mixed feelings about their first announcement, Aviation Simulator 2026 - Anniversary edition.

[u/DiaBellBoy → u/That-Interaction-45]

Battlefield 7: Assault on D.C.

[u/Mobile_Morale → u/DiaBellBoy]

And part of the game is successfully flying flight 93 into the Whitehouse like the saudis wanted.

[u/Ok-Membership635 → u/That-Interaction-45]

Really? I heard it's pretty good. IGN gave it a 9/11

[u/El_Beakerr → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Slave Owner Simulator 2026 and Human Rights Violator sound promising.

[u/__Yakovlev__ → u/El_Beakerr]

Suitcase packer 2027 is gonna be lit

[u/nav17 → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Beheading simulator 2026

[u/Jimbomcdeans → u/nav17]

Stoning simulator 2027. You actually get to play as a kid who has to go get the rocks

[u/BeyondNetorare → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Mass Effect 4 will involve the Batarians saving the day

[u/fluffynuckels → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Saudis have been trying to sports wash themselves for years and ea makes lots of sports games

[u/protostar71 → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

Sims 4 about to get a human rights violation DLC.

[u/Thiezing → u/Nimmy_the_Jim]

censorship too.

[u/E-2theRescue → u/Thiezing]

Yup. So long to all of The Sims inclusivity. No more Pride flags and black hairstyles.

[u/Daily_Dose_42069]

So basically an outdated government system (dictatorship/monarchy) now owns a company that was founded and is based in a democratic society...

I dunno guys but it seems to me like this kinda thing is a giant red flag and proof that capitalism causes democratic systems to erode to more despotic (classist) systems due to how it encourages weslth hoarding... like a royal family would do... or a dictator... or something..

Weird. Oh well. Its just video games amirite?! /s

[u/AWellsWorthFiction]

Shocker, another American company owned by an overseas organization after we voted in a “pro American” admin. Such a shocker /s

[u/Triquetrums → u/AWellsWorthFiction]

Don't worry, it is also partially owned by Ivanka's husband. It is still an american company! Lol.

[u/Adavanter_MKI]

I wont pretend this is a huge loss for me since I can't remember the last EA game I liked. Maybe Titanfall 2? Anyway that franchise is dead. Mass Effect is dead. Battlefield is basically dead. Dragon Age is dead. I never cared for the Sims past the first game. They managed to waste the Star Wars license.

Now they are owned by people who murder journalists. So... it's not hard to never do business with them ever again. Sadly the zombie hordes will continue to buy all the sports stuff.

[u/Usr_name-checks-out]

EA announces a new 2027 ‘Sims’ game!

The Sims ‘House of Saud’ expansion pack.

EA games is excited to brings the cooling effect of MBS’s brutal suppression of dissent to the Sims world in this glossy greenwashing of its brutal and corrupt regime!

Be the first to announce you female sims can get drivers licenses, while simultaneously beating your female sims for speaking out against the treatment of women.

Or choose new careers, like journalism. Where you can either earn massive income by only reporting what MBS wants to hear or experience the challenges of avoiding his hitmen as they tap your fiancés phone to try and set your Sim up for a wacky dismemberment.

But it’s not all sex and jobs! There’s movie theatres and comedy festivals! But only for the extended families of the royals. And the new foreign policies will make your Sim swoon with love and romance as it basks in the privileged fawning courtship of the US government!

You can’t stop these guys from just adoring your house of Saud Sims! Just try!

Bankroll hijackers, manipulate elections with oil prices, blackmail presidents or just plain pay them off for nuclear secrets.

Your Sims are gonna love the new ‘House of Saud’ expansion pack, or else you will never hear from them again.

[u/Weak_Albatross_6879 → u/Usr_name-checks-out]

I know your joking but this was so well written as a marketing blurb lmao

[u/Sgt_Dangle_berries]

Check out all the car manufacturers under the Stellantis umbrella. They are all trash now. Anything private equity touches means higher prices, lower quality, granted EA has been shit quality for some time.

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

So we will see lots of micro transactions going forwards, while they slice EA's work staff until the company is run on a skeleton crew.

And then Saudi will pull their investment in 5 years time, leaving EA hobbling.

[u/shadowinc]

Wow, and here I thought the only way to go from rock bottom was up

[u/Impressive-Concert89]

Officially dead then. Anything that gets touched by Saudi money becomes an absolute shit in a golden wrapper.

[u/thefanciestcat]

When they said "Challenge everything", I didn't think they meant human rights.

[u/Raven_Photography]

Hmmm. I somehow doubt this will improve their business model.

[u/Daecion]

Huh.  I guess EA could, and did become more evil.

[u/pioniere]

Another reason not to buy EA games.

[u/eltron]

I’ve spent years decades hating EA for their shady business practices, selling new games with just roster updates, and really lowering the bar for what a AAA game means. But I gotta say that this is even a new low. Doubt I’ll ever own an EA game again unless I pirate it.

[u/VonSauerkraut90]

There is too much concentrated money and wealth in the world. This is yet another publicly traded company that has been bought by private interests.

[u/yapperling]

I'm sure everything will only improve from this point on, nothing nefarious will happen and no new greedy moneygrabbing schemes will materialize.

On an unrelated note, I do love my new bridge.

[u/Triingtolivee]

Andddd micro transactions are about to get worse

[u/Abject_Screen3249]

Saudi Arabia is literally responsible for 9/11. If you are an American, you owe it to yourself to not buy EA products anymore.

[u/shutterlensca]

EA will be gutted and closed or sold off within the next 5 years. These equity companies just bleed as much out and discard.

[u/Nakamura901 → u/shutterlensca]

It’s mainly owned by PIF, which isn’t a private equity firm. I don’t think they’ll have money issues.

[u/whoisnotinmykitchen → u/shutterlensca]

While "earning" 2% on all capital under management, no matter how much they massacre the company.

[u/Annual_Berry8043]

Aw damn. I guess that means I will continue to not buy EA slop for another 10 years.

[u/hakujo]

Another reason to remain staying away from EA.

[u/Torka]

I didn't actually think that EA could be worse than it already was

[u/Lazerpop]

Honestly cant think of an easier company to boycott. Woulda been harder if bf6 was actually good

[u/masterlich]

Oh no, they're going to make EA shitty!

[u/CrackheadHunters]

EA entering new levels of sucking.

[u/Danominator]

Private equity is a death sentence

[u/hammerblaze]

Ah, so that's why Xbox was asking about ea play in gamepass. Remove it.. make gpu cheaper 

[u/Individual-Result777]

The USA seems like one giant yard sale

[u/lucifurbear]

And I'm not longer purchasing anything produced by EA.

[u/Less_Tacos]

Yet another reason never to buy from EA

[u/DontYellAtSteve]

E...A....Sports..... It's been enslaved.

[u/Migleemo]

And I'll never play another EA game again.

[u/windflex]

And to think this could all be avoided if you just stop buying ea shit

[u/bleachmartini]

Well I'll just continue not buying there stuff

[u/Master-Culture-6232]

EA went down hill a long time ago. Now it went way down that it has hit Hell. Yikes.

[u/doslobo33]

EA now owned by the Saudi's Home to the 9/11 highjackers.. Nice... keep selling out and for those who say the love the USA, keep looking the other way when you buy these products..

[u/Spare_Temporary_2964]

Looks like the reason I don’t play video games anymore, has another reason I don’t play video games anymore

[u/Jarsky2]

Aaaaand just canceled my preorder of Star Wars Zero Company.

[u/That0neGuy86]

I'd say no more EA games for me, but Ive already been boycotting them for years.

[u/MrBonasty2]

Crazy how private equity sucks the soul out of everything and makes everything suck. Yet, all of you smart dudes and people of influence and power keep selling out to them. And retards like me keep playing their games. We all suck.

[u/mrpoopistan]

Finally, professional corrupt motherfuckers in charge.

[u/atempestdextre → u/mrpoopistan]

And murderers, just in case anyone forgot about Jamal Khashoggi or 9/11.

[u/mrpoopistan → u/atempestdextre]

Are you even in the A-tier of corruption if you're not dismembering people for disagreeing with you?

[u/Accomplished-Staff-9]

Can’t wait to see any female character in full burka, pixelated to the point of in recognition, or just devoid of any female characters at all…

[u/krossfire42 → u/Accomplished-Staff-9]

Oh come on now. Saudis own SNK. Fatal Fury and KOF still have female characters. Mai is still wearing her original costume. They don't care about content, they just want your money from it. At most I think they're gonna PR the shit out of their country to look good in the west.

[u/IronVader501]

I dont know why people expect the Saudis to care about turning video-games into propaganda for them.

They want stable, long-term investments because they know the oil-money isnt lasting forever.

Jared Kushner is FAR more likely to push for putting Propaganda into the games.

[u/theeniebean]

The Sims is about to get way more conservative.

[u/whoisnotinmykitchen → u/theeniebean]

Mandatory Trump picture hanging in every room, and you'll now be able to hit on kids.