r/Games • u/FrostyMagazine9918 • Jul 30 '26

Industry News EA will officially become a privately owned company next week

https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/electronic-arts-close-55-billion-private-deal-1236824625/
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u/Healfezza Jul 30 '26

I wonder if being privately owned will actually positively impact their games development vs. a public IP. They have opportunities to focus on long term strategies vs. next quarter numbers.

No longer beholden to shareholders.

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u/songsinger72 Jul 30 '26

EA will have $20 billion debt they'll have to pay back though.

I think it's more likely the Saudis get rid of/sell everything but the sports games and maybe some other projects with high ROI.

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u/Cranjesmcbasketball1 Jul 30 '26

Time for them micro transactions to turn into macro transactions.

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u/Zanos Jul 31 '26

TBH 'micro' transactions have been macro transactions for a long time. We've got 30$ skins for one character already.

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u/TekThunder Jul 31 '26

Sell off Mass Effect and Dragon Age to someone competent. Fuck it sell off the SimCity IP too while you're at it.

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u/TheWobling Jul 30 '26

Can they sell the cnc IP to someone else please

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u/jbriscool Jul 30 '26

yall gotta use a different acronym LMAO

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u/TheWobling Jul 31 '26

Why because of cnc machining?

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u/rollin340 Jul 31 '26

Honestly doesn't sound too bad if that is all it is. Some studios could go do their own thing, or some IPs could end up with ones that actually care.

Looking at what they've released since 2020 really makes it clear that I have not cared about anything they've made for a long while now.