The report (paywalled) claims that investors include Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). This deal, according to the outlet’s sources, could be announced as soon as next week.

Yeah, looks like I'll be permanently boycotting anything EA now.

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[–] 19 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the club, did that ever since they had diarrhea all over my childhood.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I honestly can't remember a time when EA was well liked. Even in elementary school in the 90's, it was common for kids to refer to them as Electronic Farts.

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  • Really? They had some bangers in the 90s, such as Road Rash and Need for Speed, as well as a ton of great games they published, like Sim City. Even their sports games were generally great.

    It wasn't really until the 2000s and 2010s that their games became money grabs.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Take away their license NFL please for the love of god

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I‘d certainly be interested to see if that‘d change any of their exploitative practices like FUT. Also hopefully that brings Codemasters back to old form… And please bring old online services back up cause money doesn‘t seem to be the issue then lol

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    EA is still around?

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    [–] 58 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I got so excited until I saw who's buying them 😭 I just want another Burnout game bruh

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago

    I can't not buy their shit any harder than I already do...

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So they will become even shittier but now without """"woke""""...

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  • Well... Private Saudi EA can't be that much worse than public EA. I guess time will tell

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Now:

    EA - it’s in the game.

    Next:

    EA - We have a bone saw

    Finally:

    EA - No More Complaints

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I'm segueing to an off-topic article on that page...


    https://insider-gaming.com/rog-asus-xbox-raikiri-controller-price-revealed/

    The controller, luckily, will have a lot of premium features available like tri-mode connectivity,

    Listen here you little shits, the cheapest POS controllers from AliExpress have "tri-mode connectivity"

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You can get some great controllers on AliExpress. Got a Flydigi one two years ago and it became my go-to.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I agree, the one I have (with aforementioned triple connect thing) is from Ipega, a solidly built controller, designed to hold a mobile. Often easier to use compared to a console controller. Flydigi is premium AF! Dayum that looks nice

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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    Because Mister Bone Saw is a gamer bro. And they are trying to diversify their economy.

    Also probably a way to spread propaganda, like the US has been doing with CoD, and whitewash their image. Just look at the last 10 years how feeble minded a large number of cis male gamers are. The angry gamer to radical right winger funnel is a real thing.

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