And nothing of value was lost. Sure EA has published a few gems in recent years, but as a developer it's all sports games and Battlefield. The talent isn't at EA, it's at the developers they have been supporting. If we're lucky, the leveraged buyout will result in anything good owned by EA being sold off for parts and the worthless husk of EA saddled with the debt and left to go bankrupt.
Who know, maybe the license to make Star Wars games will go somewhere that isn't dead set on fucking it up as hard as possible to meet the Christmas season deadline.