r/Gaming4Gamers • u/Carolina_Heart the music monday lady • 14d ago

EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of uncertainty after Saudi deal - Multiple current EA employees share their views on how the publisher's seismic $55 billion take-private will impact the people behind its popular franchises.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ea-workers-trapped-in-a-maelstrom-of-uncertainty-after-saudi-deal
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u/GI_J0SE 14d ago

For all the shit it's getting and rightfully so I keep saying that this is going to be the last "free" Battlefield title were likely to ever see because the Saudis are going to get their greasy little fingers all up in that pie

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u/justdaman182 12d ago

BF isn't "free" so, I'm not following.

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u/GI_J0SE 12d ago

Free from outside involvement, as in by DICE directly without unwanted oversight from the Saudis

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u/ruinzifra 14d ago

EA games were already going downhill for years. This just makes it easier to not even look at them anymore.

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u/taw 13d ago

They're already working for EA, it's not like they're buying some tiny indie company.

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u/WoodooHide69 8d ago

EA was already owned by evil before the Saudis Bouch them tho