It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it
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Why? Literally why would they give a shit? This only makes sense if you assume that they spent billions of dollars to export religious conservativism outside of Saudi Arabia. I dunno if you’ve noticed, but Saudi Arabia has been spending trillions of dollars to present a totally different, modern image to the world. The people spending the money don’t actually give a shit about Allah. They only care what other people will submit to in Allah’s name, and they know that’s not going to fly outside their borders.
Saudi Arabia is a country with one of the strictest laws in the world. Why shouldn’t anyone be suspicious of what they say or do? Why can’t people have a healthy amount of distrust and skepticism of their actions if, as you said, they’re trying to portray a different image of themselves to the world? Who says the mask can’t come off under the right circumstances, like the shameless right-wing downturn of the US?
The Sims IP has always been one of the most welcoming and famous platforms for non-traditional values that directly contradict their country’s principles. Because I don’t know if you know, but homosexuality in Saudi Arabia is currently punishable by death. It’s fair to imagine that some company-wide policy changes would take place when it’s acquired to align with its own views, which also align with the Trump administration’s crusade to eliminate liberal ideas. I mean, didn’t they recently bribe him with a luxury jet? Don’t you think they could have a broader joint interest at heart?
If franchises like Call of Duty have been targets of military marketing, it doesn’t take much to imagine how a corporation from an authoritarian country like SA would at least attempt to rein in social values in The Sims if given the chance.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
I just figured out yesterday that you can ignore publishers on Steam, never again will I have to see an EA game in my recommendations.
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I wonder what they’ll do with IPs like The Sims. I can’t imagine they’ll allow same-sex relationships, naturally, but I don’t think they’ll allow divorce, either. :S
Doesn’t matter, other games will replace them. Like InZoi.
Same happened with Rollercoaster Tycoon (Planet Coaster), SimCity (Cities Skylines)
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Again, why.
Because religious bullshit makes the world a worse place.
While milking for cash and stripping the IP only makes the company worse.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Man, they must really like soccer. I mean holy shit.
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people are buying EA games? Why tho?
It’s a fucked up world.
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Don’t ever buy EA products again. No problem really.
I know at the very least 1 person who plays FIFA. I wouldn’t say that I am friends with this person, quite the opposite. But he is a classmate of my friends so they are friends with him. Even they wonder why would he keep buying FIFA each year.
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Try the early '80s. They were the first company to put their developers front and centre with pictures and names.
early 2000s EA was also on the horse. It used to be that when you hear “EA Games, challenge everything” upon opening a game, you knew that you are up for a good time. By the end of 00s that would drastically change
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early 2000s EA was also on the horse. It used to be that when you hear “EA Games, challenge everything” upon opening a game, you knew that you are up for a good time. By the end of 00s that would drastically change
Disagree. They were more tolerable but very evil.
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SA has a soon to be deady economy, because OIL doesnt last forever so they buy into whatever to keep thier country alive. SPORTSWASHIng , gamewashing.
I’ve been hearing it’s running out for over 30 years. Is it actually almost gone now?
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Doesn’t matter, other games will replace them. Like InZoi.
Same happened with Rollercoaster Tycoon (Planet Coaster), SimCity (Cities Skylines)
Yeah, I have those games, but I want to know what direction they’ll take. I want to know how bold they would be if they wanted to.
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I’ve been hearing it’s running out for over 30 years. Is it actually almost gone now?
I don’t think anybody really knows. My understanding is the problem is KSA reports unaudited reserve numbers, so you have to take them at their word. There’s a lot of skepticism because they would report unchanged reserve numbers for years despite high exploitation. While they can certainly discover new reserves, it seems unlikely it would consistently be about equal to what they pumped out. I’ve read some analysts think they have less than half of what they report.
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Saudi Arabia is a country with one of the strictest laws in the world. Why shouldn’t anyone be suspicious of what they say or do? Why can’t people have a healthy amount of distrust and skepticism of their actions if, as you said, they’re trying to portray a different image of themselves to the world? Who says the mask can’t come off under the right circumstances, like the shameless right-wing downturn of the US?
The Sims IP has always been one of the most welcoming and famous platforms for non-traditional values that directly contradict their country’s principles. Because I don’t know if you know, but homosexuality in Saudi Arabia is currently punishable by death. It’s fair to imagine that some company-wide policy changes would take place when it’s acquired to align with its own views, which also align with the Trump administration’s crusade to eliminate liberal ideas. I mean, didn’t they recently bribe him with a luxury jet? Don’t you think they could have a broader joint interest at heart?
If franchises like Call of Duty have been targets of military marketing, it doesn’t take much to imagine how a corporation from an authoritarian country like SA would at least attempt to rein in social values in The Sims if given the chance.
Okay, but why? The hypothesis that they bought an extremely successful business because they want to make money doesn’t need any further explanation. What is the motivation for them to try to export their strict laws to other countries? You act like it gives them so much personal joy at taking away our gay kissing, that’s reason enough.
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Okay, but why? The hypothesis that they bought an extremely successful business because they want to make money doesn’t need any further explanation. What is the motivation for them to try to export their strict laws to other countries? You act like it gives them so much personal joy at taking away our gay kissing, that’s reason enough.
try to export their strict laws
No, not laws, but religious views and values. That’s what their laws reflect. Religious people are famous for trying to proselytize, convert, and meddle because they have a very fundamental belief that they’re dealing with larger forces of good and evil.
gives them so much personal joy at taking away our gay kissing
Again, please don’t reduce my argument to absurdity. That is not a productive or respectful way of making your point.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Well, at least Mass Effect LE came out first, I guess. I wonder if playing a new one owned by the Saudis and Kushner would cause some kind of tear in reality.
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If it’s over 51% it’s all of it for all practical reasons.
Depending on the bylaws, articles, resolutions, agreements, and other organizational documents, 51% might not be enough to do anything.
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people are buying EA games? Why tho?
They neeeeeed the latest copy/paste madden with a few new characters to play as!
