I take an optimistic assumption of the saudi buying EA.

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sick duck 5 Oct @ 6:48pm

Have you guys seen EAs track record? I don't think that whatever the Saudis have planned could possibly be worse for gamers than what EA has been doing forever. Especially when it comes to bioware, whose glory days ended more than 10 years ago. Maybe some life will be injected to that husk of a developer that I adored in the 90s and 00s.

Disclaimer: I'm an out of touch old man when it comes to political correctness, and a part of me wonders if "saudi" is a racial slur or something. I don't know, if you don't like me saying it then good for you.

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My parents are STILL DEAD!!!😭 5 Oct @ 7:06pm

Meh all I see happening is more micro transactions

o 5 Oct @ 7:09pm

I don't really know who specifically bought it, so it's hard to know what they'll do with it.

Razer for instance went down the tubes because it was just a money laundering front for child organ trafficking, and nobody investigates a company with negative financials.

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sick duck 6 hours ago

I watched some game commentator people on second wind spending 2 hours saying they don't know what it means, but they feel bad about it and want the viewers to feel bad too. Didn't really explain how EA could be worse than it usually is.

full of aura 5 hours ago

You are mistaken to think with saudis are in then things will be restricted. They bought it to make profit. They will follow trends but it won't be in their country

Bassturd 5 hours ago

Probably their attempt at appealing to a younger demographic, to keep children away from certain types of content that we in the west consider normal. Just my guess, in this growing world of vija games and technology.

DutyCallsBackNextYear 5 hours ago

Here is a list according to gpt 4:

Here’s a revised list of games from the companies that were either acquired or invested in by Saudi entities, indicating the titles released post-acquisition or investment:

1. ESL (eSports League)

These games are continuously updated and often host competitive events. Specific titles remain popular but are not typically 'released' in a traditional sense since they are live service games.

2. FACEIT

Similar to ESL, FACEIT focuses on organizing competitive play for existing games. Its platform supports ongoing tournaments rather than new game releases.

3. Activision Blizzard (post-investment games)

Call of Duty: Warzone (2020)
Overwatch 2 (2022)
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (2020)
Diablo IV (2023)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)

4. Riot Games (post-investment games)

Valorant (2020)
League of Legends: Wild Rift (2020)
Arcane (2021; related media, not a game)
Teamfight Tactics (2020)
League of Legends: Ruined King (2021)

5. Ubisoft (post-investment games)

Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)
Far Cry 6 (2021)
Riders Republic (2021)
Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (2022)

6. Take-Two Interactive (post-investment games)

NBA 2K21 (2020)
NBA 2K22 (2021)
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (2021)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)
Marvel's Midnight Suns (2022)

7. Codemasters (post-investment games)

F1 2020
F1 2021
F1 2022
Dirt 5 (2020)
GRID Legends (2022)

Most of the games mentioned were released after significant Saudi investments or acquisitions. Note that ESL and FACEIT primarily focus on existing titles and do not release games in the same sense as traditional game studios.

I would use that as a benchmark of what to expect.

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The Burger Ratencio 5 hours ago

Meh ea will still be ea, any bad changed(if anything changes at all) might be mostly because ea wanted it that way regardless of being sold. Like when they said ''we want to make battlefield a yearly released saga'' heh when it comes to that point i do wonder if they will win against cod when they get to compete more often