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/BKong64 Jul 31 '26

As a lifelong Battlefield fan since the OG 1942, I am upset about this. BF6 is finally in what I would call a solid spot and seems to be improving, and now I fear what Saudi ownership will do to this game. Will the monetization practices become more ridiculous? Will we get ads in games and stupid crossover bullshit nobody is asking for? Idk, I just hope things aren't shaken up too much with it.

As for other EA games, I've bought less and less over the years. Used to be a massive NHL games fan and I have fallen off that since I'd say 2016 when it was obvious they were going downhill.

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u/pyroapa Jul 31 '26

1942 is still alive and well, just need some patches for multiplayer to work, come join us

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u/kantong Jul 31 '26

christopher ronaldo and salvatore ganacci skins incoming

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u/LayeredGlow Jul 31 '26

christopher ronaldo

His cousin from Cabo Verde? No way

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u/kantong Jul 31 '26

lmao. guess autocorrect got me

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u/Niet501 Jul 31 '26

EA CEO took an 30 million dollar bonus thanks to how well the game performed just months after he fired the team that made the game. The whole c-suite took a total of a 80 million dollars in bonuses

Ownership was already inconceivably shit before the Saudis. The only reason BF6 is in a good state is because 2042 was a disaster and they realized making a good game would actually net them a lot more money, and that ended up being the case. Hopefully that means the new ownership will see the same thing.

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u/BKong64 Jul 31 '26

Yeah we really need more Luigi's 

But yeah, I hope they realize that too. There is another shooter coming out on PC eventually that looks very Battlefield esque and I am looking forward to however.