▲ 638 ▼ It's official: EA is going private. (bsky.app) submitted 10 months ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 203 comments fedilink hide all child comments In a deal involving a company owned by Jared Kushner, a company that is basically just the Saudis, and $20B of debt.
[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) FIFA 99, Need for Speed : Underground, The Sims 2, C&C : Red Alert 2, SSX3, Black and White, LOTR 2 & 3, Burnout 3, Battlefield Vietnam, ... There was a time when they were good, but they fell out of grace in the second half of the 2000s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago They had a reputation for buying better companies to own the IPs and gutting the teams before the late 2000s. It's sort of cathartic seeing that happen to them now, but not really because all the shitheels who made those decisions will probably be getting a nice payout while the actually workers will just get kicked to the curb. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago They had a reputation for buying better companies to own the IPs and gutting the teams before the late 2000s. It's sort of cathartic seeing that happen to them now, but not really because all the shitheels who made those decisions will probably be getting a nice payout while the actually workers will just get kicked to the curb. permalink fedilink source parent