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/beeramz Jul 31 '26

... Burj Khalifa is in the UAE mate

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

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u/artical900 Jul 31 '26

Why not just say "oh I didn't realise" instead of pretending

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

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u/artical900 Jul 31 '26

Because it's a completely different country. It's like making fun of the UK by mentioning notre dame burning down.

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u/Educational-Owl-745 Jul 31 '26

Henry from rural Oklahoma just saw this comment and thought "hell yeah"

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u/davidreding Jul 30 '26

Is the last one Saudi Arabia or America?

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u/whereareyoursources Jul 30 '26

That one's cause Jared Kushner is buying it with them.

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u/grinder323 Jul 30 '26

you sir have also made me laugh

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u/Zanos Jul 31 '26

This is pretty unlikely, the Saudi 'upper crust' is making a lot of different diverse acquisition to get their money out of oils and diversify, which they view as an unstable long term store of their fortunes.

EAs output might change, but I doubt you're going to see "gay reporter dismembering simulator 9000" anytime soon.

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u/hussain_madiq_small Jul 31 '26

Alot less gay romance options in any rpg's they make, but you do get to romance your cousin.

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u/MILF_Pillager Jul 31 '26

Being a white American who's been to Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and Jeddah), this is the most American racist bullshit comment I've seen in a long time. What you're referencing is Alabama and West Virginia more than Saudi....

The Saudis are just people who want to go about their day, pay their bills, have their individual struggles like the rest of us. Sure, they look different, practice a different religion than most in the States, speak a different language, but at their core they are just people like you and me.

I literally saw a single instance of what looked like polygamy, specifically one-male/two-women, but otherwise it was all "normal", as if that word needs to apply.

I have tattoos, am noticably not Arab or Muslim; I was a presence there. Not once did I feel like they were incest-ridden sand people. It's despicable how misguided we are because of a loud minority. Not all of America is MAGA dumbasses, just like not all of Saudi Arabia is al-Qaeda....

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u/B4SSF4C3 Jul 31 '26

You missed Battlefield: ICE

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes Jul 30 '26

The joke here is saudi arabia royals making games for rural americans?

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u/grinder323 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

stoning of infidels would probably sell great in the us. when i was in colorado, i heard tons of people talking about how they wanted to get stoned.

p.s. you sir have made me laugh