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Sources of the funds will apparently come from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners amongst others.
Coming from info from Reuters and WSJ, the final price has yet to be agreed on and it will be a "leveraged buyout", which is where a large portion of the money comes from borrowed money. Which would make this the largest leveraged buyout ever, and a significant change in hands for the gaming industry due to just how big EA actually is.
EA control a lot of major franchises including The Sims, Battlefield, Command & Conquer, Apex Legends, Titanfall, Star Wars Jedi series, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, skate., EA Sports FC and the list goes on.
When these things tend to happen, as we've seen many times in the past (and a lot recently), job losses tend to come with things either when it happens or sometime soon after. So there's going to be masses of eyes on this for that too.
If the deal goes through, we could hear about it this week.
What are your thoughts on this?
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That prince who ordered the literal butchering of a journalist alive in an embassy of Saudi Arabia. Get your popcorns, PR statements will be interesting.
Saudi Arabia has been doing a lot of PR to make them look better with the younger people. They were hosting some big esports tournaments and such. If we assume this is in the same vein, they will probably try to (no guarantees though) make games that are more appealing to gamers in an attempt to gain favor among the huge global gamer demographic.
Arehandoro 1 hour ago
That prince who ordered the literal butchering of a journalist alive in an embassy of Saudi Arabia. Get your popcorns, PR statements will be interesting.
The parody simulator by Electronic Artists practically writes itself here.
It's in the game.
While I'm no fan of any of the involved parties - politics aside, this will probably be good for the games.
Already smelling that whiff of "ai" in the press releases, so I wouldn't bet on it. From the profit-fetishists' viewpoint, the biggest benefit of modern "ai" lies in optimizing the implementations of predatory business models.
Apart from that, the leveraged buyout means that ea has to sustain themselves and generate profits while managing a $20 billion debt.
Last edited by emphy on 29 Sep 2025 at 3:29 pm UTC
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