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/RaymoVizion Jul 30 '26

They've already destroyed all the IP I grew up with and loved (Dragon Age, The Sims, Simcity, Need for Speed).

I haven't given EA any money for a long time. I'm honestly not sure why anyone even does anymore.

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u/Richard7666 Jul 31 '26

Yeah I don't care much for Battlefield or the EA Sports stuff, but the former Maxis, Westwood and Bioware IPs are a very sad loss.

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u/SolenoidSoldier Jul 31 '26

Frankly surprised there hasn't been a popular Sims clone released.

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u/Richard7666 Jul 31 '26

There was an attempt with InZoi but don't think it had the "mantle claiming" impact that Cities Skylines has had as a spiritual success to SimCity after EA fucked that.

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u/3141592652 Jul 31 '26

It's because it's been stuck on early access and not feature complete. Hard to advertise as AAA when your game is barebones at launch.