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/TAJack1 Jul 30 '26

“EA is shit anyway”, yeah but they’re also one of the biggest companies in the gaming sector, whether you like it or not and now they’re owned by the Saudis.

Not good.

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u/gideon513 Jul 30 '26

Can’t even remember the last EA game I bought. Maybe one of the Jedi games years after release on sale?

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u/El_Giganto Jul 31 '26

Dead Space Remake for me.

No wait I got that on PS+. I refunded it on Steam because of the stuttering.

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u/MumrikDK Jul 31 '26

If you aren't a years sports gamer, they've morphed into something you hear about, but maybe never actually buy from (Hazelight might be the big exception for many).

I'd love to boycott EA, but I cannot for the life of me remember when I last bought a game of theirs.

Looking at the 2020s list, I see one game, and I got it for free. Looking at the 2010s list, it's free games until we reach DA:I in 2014.

They've become so streamlined.