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[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 47 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I'd love to see Microsoft buy EA, then close it

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 51 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

EA was bought by the Saudis along with Trump's son-in-law. This Bioware closure likely isn't the first we'll see.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They closed studios they acquired since they started acquiring game studios…

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Yes, but the Saudi deal is a new wrinkle. It's VC bullshit at its worst. EA was bad before, but it's nothing compared to what's coming.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

They had announced their next game. I find it just a little curious that it happened now, so soon after de deal was finalised.

[–] justlemmyin@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Or EA buy XBOX and close it. (˶ˆᗜˆ˵)

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 6 points 23 hours ago

That works too!

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world -2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

they could buy steam instead and close it 😃😃 what whys everyone looking at me like that

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Lol. They already pull in $17B/yr, ~4B/yr profit, ~70% market share, <400 employees.... Privately held...

Gabe already has >9B himself.

Why would they sell?

Sure, some day they may enshitify, but by the time that happens, I'll be able to reverse engineer and recompile my STEAM library on my home server.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

hold on, im calling EA to buy your home server rn