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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That’s a bit extreme. Everything from Hazelight (It Takes Two, Split Fiction) is sublime, they still have Respawn making Star Wars games. They have Sims. And (outside sports games) they’ve dialed down the “MTX meme” they were a decade ago.
…I’m not saying they’re good. But they’re nowhere near Activision-Blizzard enshittified, nor hurling towards it as fast as Xbox Studios and some other AAAs.
Blizzard went to shit so completely that they made EA look good in comparison. Ubisoft too. Crazy. Maybe this is EA’s way of reclaiming the top spot?
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Its shockingly sad how what EA was back in the early 90s to what it is now.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Oh man, the horror. Whatever will we do? I can’t imagine there’s any way we could obtain these games without contributing to the existence of this company. There’s nothing to be done. If only there was some, you know, exercise focused young woman that enjoyed traveling all of the time. So much so that her friends would pick on her. “That fit girl,” they’d say, “she just packs and repacks.” If only we could find this fit girl. I’m sure she could help us find a solution to this quandary
-Norm MacDonald, probably
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Its shockingly sad how what EA was back in the early 90s to what it is now.
I remember when Skate 3 came out and people actually had positive opinions of EA and were excited about the games they made.
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Its shockingly sad how what EA was back in the early 90s to what it is now.
They always butchered games. What you’re remembering are the games made by studios that EA purchased, made before they were gutted for IP.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
If EA, having been purchased, is milked for cash, strip-mined for IP, and then unceremoniously abandoned, it will be very funny.
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Blizzard went to shit so completely that they made EA look good in comparison. Ubisoft too. Crazy. Maybe this is EA’s way of reclaiming the top spot?
Yeah, exactly. Xbox too. They make EA look good.
IMO Ubisoft seems to have bottomed out, almost like EA has.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Crossing my fingers, my toes, and knocking on wood.
If this buyout goes through, plz plz plz plz leave Battlefield 6 alone. Its been over 10 years since a BF felt this fun.
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Crossing my fingers, my toes, and knocking on wood.
If this buyout goes through, plz plz plz plz leave Battlefield 6 alone. Its been over 10 years since a BF felt this fun.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahshshaha
The golden goose they will stuff with micro transactions and glow in the dark neon bullshit faster than the sweaty chopper nerds can camp the enemy spawn.
Enjoy the last BF title while you can.
Pray for another battlebit to come out of it.
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They always butchered games. What you’re remembering are the games made by studios that EA purchased, made before they were gutted for IP.
I could have sworn this one early mech game was made by EA (early/ mid 90s) Ultrabots in NA. Nope they just published it. I had a ton of fun with it but guess they mostly produced even if they owned the studio. Unsure in that case but we know how EA works. So appreciate you making me check that cause in my head they made some grear games I played not just published them. I’m sure their earlier days they must have but didn’t look.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
If it’s over 51% it’s all of it for all practical reasons.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
Don’t ever buy EA products again. No problem really.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
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
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If EA, having been purchased, is milked for cash, strip-mined for IP, and then unceremoniously abandoned, it will be very funny.
I’d rather have that than the IPs being used to promote and indoctrinate some religious bullshit.
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If it’s over 51% it’s all of it for all practical reasons.
Agreed. I was already not buying EA games, so this doesn’t change much at all.
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I remember when Skate 3 came out and people actually had positive opinions of EA and were excited about the games they made.
Dead Space too. They had a solid run in the late 2000s/early 2010s before doubling down on shit.
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It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.
people are buying EA games? Why tho?
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They always butchered games. What you’re remembering are the games made by studios that EA purchased, made before they were gutted for IP.
I’ll never forgive them for killing the Dungeon Keeper franchise when they bought Bullfrog. That was such a great game. Even today, I still play the original DK which came out in the 90s.
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I’ll never forgive them for killing the Dungeon Keeper franchise when they bought Bullfrog. That was such a great game. Even today, I still play the original DK which came out in the 90s.
Yea. There have been a few spiritual successors that are pretty good, but none match the raw… villainy? No crazy, hyperstylized parody of itself, just pure calm confidence from the narrator while you play the bad guys in an otherwise normal fantasy setting? It’s always great when a game just goes for it, and DK nailed it.
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Its shockingly sad how what EA was back in the early 90s to what it is now.
Try the early '80s. They were the first company to put their developers front and centre with pictures and names.
