EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants"
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/ea-staff-fear-new-saudi-arabia-owners-will-police-their-games-projects-just-wont-get-signed-because-they-dont-align-explicitly-with-what-the-saudi-government-wants/Open linkView original on lemmy.today
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Don't worry, EA. No-one's going to buy your games anyway (hopefully, and you'd be stupid if you do).
Wishful thinking
Yeah. You'd think I'd know better at my age.
Nothing will stop the sheeps from buying FC27, for example.
That was the first game I thought of too. They will buy that game no matter what. Same with FC28, 29, etc.
I'll be honest, didnt know they were now owned by Saudiaa Arabia lmao.
Anyway, EA was shit anyway
Tbf this a very recent thing, so it's understandable that you didn't know about it
It was also a highly political move, so I understand people blocking everything political from their feeds missing this one.
And behead you if you disagree
The Saudis don't care, they're amoral like all the other billionaires and don't care for their ideology, only for money. They want to wash their image for economic and diplomatic reasons, just like with sports.
Kinda feel like the Saudis want money more than their wants.
EA will get worse? I'm excited to find out how
Have EA employees put a lot of unrestrained creativity into the product before though? I mean in the last 20 years?
Saudis is trying to diversify from oil/gas economy, i dont see this bode well for the country.