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EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants"
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sanitation lemmy.today sanitation@lemmy.today
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Sanctus anarchist.nexus Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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Kinda feel like the Saudis want money more than their wants.

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Minty aussie.zone minty@aussie.zone
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I'll be honest, didnt know they were now owned by Saudiaa Arabia lmao.

Anyway, EA was shit anyway

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kayzeekayzee lemmy.blahaj.zone kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-10-19
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I'll be honest, didnt know they were now owned by Saudiaa Arabia lmao. Anyway, EA was shit anyway

Tbf this a very recent thing, so it's understandable that you didn't know about it

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AlphaOmega lemmy.world AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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And behead you if you disagree

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
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Don't worry, EA. No-one's going to buy your games anyway (hopefully, and you'd be stupid if you do).

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Mac mander.xyz Mac@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Don't worry, EA. No-one's going to buy your games anyway (hopefully, and you'd be stupid if you do).

Wishful thinking

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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Saudis is trying to diversify from oil/gas economy, i dont see this bode well for the country.

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
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Wishful thinking

Yeah. You'd think I'd know better at my age.

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warmaster lemmy.world warmaster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Yeah. You'd think I'd know better at my age.

Nothing will stop the sheeps from buying FC27, for example.

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MahouOwl piefed.zip MahouOwl@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-07-29
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Nothing will stop the sheeps from buying FC27, for example.

That was the first game I thought of too. They will buy that game no matter what. Same with FC28, 29, etc.

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Thorry feddit.org Thorry@feddit.org
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Tbf this a very recent thing, so it's understandable that you didn't know about it

It was also a highly political move, so I understand people blocking everything political from their feeds missing this one.

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yermaw sh.itjust.works yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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EA will get worse? I'm excited to find out how

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SitD lemy.lol SitD@lemy.lol
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Have EA employees put a lot of unrestrained creativity into the product before though? I mean in the last 20 years?

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creamfresh lemmy.world creamfresh@lemmy.world
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The Saudis don't care, they're amoral like all the other billionaires and don't care for their ideology, only for money. They want to wash their image for economic and diplomatic reasons, just like with sports.

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