>>1800708 I don't remember the last time I purchased one of their games. I think it was BF3 in 2011. Anyway, nothing will change. BF6 will be worse than previous entries, dead IPs will stay dead, and DEI will be replaced by another brand of filth.

The end of AAA games is upon us.

>>1800979 they simply grew too big, budgets for games that started famous series pale in comparison to whats being spent on advertising alone in current times

>>1798093 >jews are involved in an equity firm

>>1800979 I hope GTA6 is just totally broken on release. >>1800861 Excluding bundles that happened to include Mirror's Edge and DAO for cheap, I think the last time I ever bought a new EA game was some greatest hits re-release on GCN.

>>1798572 Like >>1798609 says, most seem to veer towards sim or tactical shooter, so not alternatives to CoD or Battlefield.

>>1800979 And that's a good thing!

>>1800648 >them running back to make a Skyrim remake and sequel Skyrim extraction shooter with lootboxes. How? Why? Because extraction shooter with lootboxes. It makes no sense? Still, extraction shooter with lootboxes.

The acquisition is $55b. Is this the largest buyout in corporate history? It makes me really question how the they (the buyers) will make this purchase worthwhile. EA already makes most of its value from scam FIFA ultimate team gambling bullshit. How the fuck do you grow the business from rock bottom?

>>1804453 >The acquisition is $55b. Is this the largest buyout in corporate history? Yes it is. This was the previous largest buyout TXU deal is largest ever leveraged buyout (It happened in 2007 btw, ain't it a coincidence that year always pops up?) https://archive.ph/pAj2o >Texas power company TXU Corp. said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group for $31.8 billion (16.2 billion pounds) in the largest leveraged buyout in history. >The investor group will pay $69.25 per share for TXU, a 15.4 percent premium over TXU's closing stock price of $60.02 on Friday. The funding of the transaction will not result in new debt at the regulated utility business, TXU said. >"It seem like a normal offer. What's mind-boggling is that it's being done by private equity," said Daniele Seitz, an analyst at Dalhman Rose, who has a "hold" rating on the stock. >Shares of TXU jumped 13.3 percent to $68 before the bell. >The deal trumps KKR's $25.1 billion takeover of RJR Nabisco, announced in 1988

>>1804453 They're also taking 20 Billion debt from one of the companies buying it.

>>1804453 >how the they (the buyers) will make this purchase worthwhile Through money laundering.

>>1792298 What is a leveraged buyout, exactly? Why is it done? What does the buyer stand to gain as profit?

>>1804677 >What is a leveraged buyout, exactly? Borrowing money from a bank to buy a company, most of these businesses are based off usury after all. >Why is it done? Cover Private Equity companies debt, cut the fat off the bought company and sell it for a profit (if they are profitable and if the CEO doesn't run off with a big fat check). >What does the buyer stand to gain as a profit? The company they bought covers their debts, their workforce bloat gets layed off to maximize company value and then gets sold for a profit, or shut down while the Private Equity company rolls the dice. It's more complicated than that, but EA is now these companies toilet paper essentially. Years of not seeing any meaningful growth and Andrew Wilson seeing the state of the business and wanting out in his golden parachute. EA is dead in the water, and maybe FIFA FC Sports will survive with a skeleton crew. See also, ToysRUs, AAA is dying right in front of us, and it's glorious. https://archive.is/FZyRR

Even the whores who still support The Sims franchise are panicking over "more microtransactions" and "AI slop" (but the $500 they already have is fine?). But they also think the group (which fully supports trannies, faggots, fractional reserve banking, open borders, and globalism) is "conservative." https://archive.ph/UQ9ts https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4-stans-share-just-why-they-find-the-record-breaking-usd55-billion-ea-deal-extremely-scary-citing-everything-from-concerns-about-ai-to-potential-layoffs-and-more-microtransactions/

>>1804453 >How the fuck do you grow the business from rock bottom? >private equity >growing a business Lol. Lmao. ROFLMAO

>EA is being bought out by a saudi prince weeaboo What a timeline.

>>1805226 It is extra funny how all sides suddenly stopped (((fighting))) and are now all (((concerned))) about the Islamic owning entertainment companies in the west. It truly shows who all the controlled opposition are.

>>1805259 And as far as I know saudis aren't on bad terms with israel. And neither is America. Shows everyone what they actually think of the.

>>1805275 Think of the what? THINK OF THE WHAT?

>>1805275 >Shows everyone what they actually think of the. I think anon had a stroke before he could finish typing.

>>1805297 >>1805304 *think of them

>>1805259 Why am I supposed to be concerned about Saudis owning shit from USA? They seem to be handling football mostly fine. And it's not like either EA, or FIFA (as the association), weren't crooked or fucked prior. I'll agree that Ben Sulayem is doing some awful shit for F1, but that aside, not much really.

>>1805259 PIF and Affinity are ESG certified so it's just retards screeching for no reason.

>>1804746 Now a Faggot Age director is reading his scripted message about how "MUH PROGRESSIVE VALUES!" will be overturned and "everyone will revolt because of it" thanks to the buyout. https://www.gamesradar.com/games/dragon-age/former-dragon-age-director-says-its-hard-to-imagine-bioware-pivoting-from-very-progressive-messaging-to-having-the-reverse-following-eas-usd55-billion-buyout-and-public-perception-not-being-apocalyptically-bad-if-it-did/ https://archive.ph/ZGEXR >Ex-BioWare veteran Mark Darrah – who served as a project director and executive producer on Dragon Age 1, 2, and Inquisition – has been discussing the potential impact of the proposed $55 billion buyout of EA, noting that it's "hard to imagine" the DA and Mass Effect studio shifting from "having very progressive messaging to having the reverse." >"It's hard to imagine that you have BioWare pivot from having very progressive messaging to having the reverse because it's what the government wants. It's hard to imagine that the public perception of a game that comes out of BioWare even if you do do that isn't apocalyptically bad," he suggests. "So in that case you either have to decide that you're willing to just leave it alone, or you have to think that they don't fit anymore within the goals of this new organization."

>>1805190 >t. Mr. Shekelberg

>>1794066 Battlefield is probably dead regardless. It's been too long after 9/11 to have an active HOO-RAH fanbase and market anymore.

>>1805670 >It's hard to imagine that the public perception of a game that comes out of BioWare even if you do do that isn't apocalyptically bad Does this guy live in another dimension?

>>1804453 Gut the company, sell everything not making money, keep the few things making money and crank them into overdrive. So basically, turn it into the Madden+FIFA+Battlefield Company and sell off everything else.

>>1805966 I wonder if we'll see the Square Enix selloff from EA. I wish somebody better than Embracer bought Deus Ex et al

>>1805966 They might also continue with the Sims stuff, though I am not sure what it more likely, a Sims 1 remake can't imagine how that would even work, or a Sims 5 that is worse than 4?

>>1805900 Yeah, southern California. Anything that isn't overt communist propaganda is "completely unacceptable" and "no one would ever want it."

>>1805999 They'll probably do a Sims live service.

>>1806116 4 is that already. >>1805999 (checked) A Sims without the LGBT and Star Wars bullshit would be nice, but given the kind of modders that are around for 4, they'll probably just mod that shit back in.

>>1806164 Well, Sims 4 base game is free; it's the DLC that is all individually paid. He's suggesting Sims becomes World of Warcraft.

>>1806472 >>1806116 If they do that, hopefully it has the same fate as Sim City 2013.