EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
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Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#2Translation: Saudi Arabia (PIF), a private equity firm, and Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners).
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#3Was it paid for in DLCs?
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#4Although I'm not optimistic, there's a small chance this might shake up the sorry state of EA Sports. The incessant focus on microtransactions and features that are essentially just sports themed slot machines over actual solid gameplay has kept me far away from those games for a long time.
EDIT: I think I might have worded that poorly. I do NOT think a change is going to happen, at least not one for the better, especially considering the actors involved in the buyout. I think it's optimistic to think that it will.
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#5Translation: Saudi Arabia (PIF), a private equity firm, and Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners).
I didn’t think EA could get more evil but here we are.
I remember when they were the good guys. I’d see that EA logo on my Commodore 64 load up and I knew I was in for something amazing like Archon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Dark
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#6Translation: Saudi Arabia (PIF), a private equity firm, and Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners).
And Jared Kushner's firm is mainly funded by the Saudis as well. So it's even more the Saudis (+ Kushner), and a private equity.
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#7Although I'm not optimistic, there's a small chance this might shake up the sorry state of EA Sports. The incessant focus on microtransactions and features that are essentially just sports themed slot machines over actual solid gameplay has kept me far away from those games for a long time. EDIT: I think I might have worded that poorly. I do NOT think a change is going to happen, at least not one for the better, espe…
You're kidding, right?
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#8Lol. Well someone at EA saw the writing on the wall. This is going to be a bad acquisition by these vultures.
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#9Although I'm not optimistic, there's a small chance this might shake up the sorry state of EA Sports. The incessant focus on microtransactions and features that are essentially just sports themed slot machines over actual solid gameplay has kept me far away from those games for a long time. EDIT: I think I might have worded that poorly. I do NOT think a change is going to happen, at least not one for the better, espe…
I think the odds of an acquisition by private equity resulting in fewer microtransactions and slot machine mechanics are indistinguishable from zero. You should probably instead be preparing for them to be amped up five- or ten-fold.
Re: EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
#10Translation: Saudi Arabia (PIF), a private equity firm, and Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners).
I didn’t think EA could get more evil but here we are. I remember when they were the good guys. I’d see that EA logo on my Commodore 64 load up and I knew I was in for something amazing like Archon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Dark
the dark legacy of cashing out