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What a waste of Saudi money.
by rockskon 2mo ago
What a waste of Saudi money.
- bestouff 2mo agoIt's not a financial investment. They're buying influence.
- gmerc 2mo agoThis. See Bobby Kotik and the Epstein files.
- nick486 2mo ago>They're buying influence. Buying EA for influence? With the reputation EA has in gaming? They're a joke - they're not influencing anything. Its like buying a violin to fix a flat tire.
- ReactiveJelly 2mo agoThey make all the sports games. Have you noticed all the sports and Mr. Beast type slop that's like "Wow and here we are inn Dubai / Saudi Arabia whatever and it's beautiful and luxurious and we're driving in Lambos waooowww" If product placement didn't work it wouldn't be an industry
- rockskon 2mo agoDo you think there's a realistic future where the money paid for EA could possibly be recouped with product placement?
- charcircuit 2mo ago>They're a joke They are known for making games that sell to a mass audience and monetizing them well. It's like calling McDonald's a joke. It doesn't take away that they are a successful business affecting many people in the world.
- krige 2mo agoIf they sold games and were well monetized (not to be confused with heavily monetized), they wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.
- DimmieMan 2mo agoThe 'core gamer' bubble has always been bad for this. Sports games sell like hotcakes and have people buy them every year religiously but you never hear about them, sims too. Their other titles were heavy hitters. Their just a seperate audience; EA certainly has influence, just not with people that talk about games.
- rockskon 2mo agoCultural influence though? Are you going to have MAGA Madden? The Socialist League?
- Morromist 2mo agoI agree they're good at making games that sell to a mass audience - but I really think that a lot of franchises have wasted a ton of money partnering with EA, which makes poor quality games that are exactly the same as the one they printed out 12 months ago. I haven't heard anyone talking about an EA sports game since the PS1 era and they seem to have completely missed the e-sports era where DOTA and Fortnight made vast sums of money. Don't get me wrong, they've made a ton of money, but I think they could have made still far more in more competant hands. Fabulously greedy FIFA seems to have realized this and is no longer partnering with them.
- Jach 2mo agoNews to me about FIFA. SA has been trying to gain "influence" in sports overall, and their video game endeavors also seem focused on "e-sports" more than gaming as a whole. I frequently hear complaints about them in fighting game circles, which is a more niche segment of "e-sports". EA is a big step up even if it's not DOTA/LoL levels.
- gambiting 2mo ago>>With the reputation EA has in gaming? Do you think your average EA Sports FC or Battlefield player is even aware of that reputation? These games still sell tens of million of copies. Positive influence in Battlefield alone would be huge.
- Yizahi 2mo agoBuying only a 40% stake in Epic, allowed China to successfully breach Apple's store monopoly and establish a foothold on a previously restricted platform. Will the gable pay off in the future or not, is not exactly relevant. The point is that they can leverage pre-existing western companies for their expansion plans in various ways.
- kidfiji 2mo agoDidn't realize gameswashing was a thing like sportswashing, but here we are
- BLKNSLVR 2mo agoSo we can expect Battlefield: Iran sometime soon? Starting the propaganda for a ground invasion. I wonder if this one one of the crowd-sourced ideas submitted to the DoD?
- sph 2mo agoWhat do you mean ‘starting the propagand’? It already was a propaganda vehicle, but it will not be the US behind it this time.
- sebazzz 2mo agoNot a waste either, it doesn't cost them anything. The debt is on EA.