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EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's how the whole AAA level of the games industry already works: the people at the top greenlight what they want to greenlight.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    It's just adding a new layer to the mix when the people at the top are literally the royal family of an oppressive monarchy with openly fucked human rights practices.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    (looks at the current CEO's of most the big companies.)

    I mean, I get where you're going.... but it's assholes all the way up.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    You're not wrong, but I feel like there are subtle levels to these things.

    If I start up a game and a logo comes up for Namco or Square Enix or whatever, most of them don't make me think, "oh, I remember that time their owners assassinated a journalist, it made the international news, and they fully got away with it anyway." That's no longer the case for an EA logo.

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