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EA Close To Sale That Would Take The Company Private (insider-gaming.com)
submitted 2 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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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, even more hacked up reasons to not buy EA games.

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[–] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

My ass deflated like a sad party balloon as I read it.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 45 points 2 days ago

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

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago

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

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’ve started to refer to it as “‘eepy”

Pro life implies the existence of pro death, so anti woke folk must be sleep enthusiasts

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

Now:

EA - it’s in the game.

Next:

EA - We have a bone saw

Finally:

EA - No More Complaints

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 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"

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] moody@lemmings.world 5 points 1 day ago

8bitdo have an official presence on Aliexpress, and they make solid controllers

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day 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

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saudi Arabia wants EA? Why?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.