It’s going to be such a hack job with this takeover.

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    2 hours ago

    I wonder what they’ll do with IPs like The Sims. I can’t imagine they’ll allow same-sex relationships, naturally, but I don’t think they’ll allow divorce, either. :S

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      8 hours ago

      I remember when Skate 3 came out and people actually had positive opinions of EA and were excited about the games they made.

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    8 hours ago

    If EA, having been purchased, is milked for cash, strip-mined for IP, and then unceremoniously abandoned, it will be very funny.

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      I’d rather have that than the IPs being used to promote and indoctrinate some religious bullshit.

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    11 hours ago

    EA:

    We can go lower

    Like, everyone knows that EA is a terrible company, but it’s insane how they continually lower the bar. It’s honestly impressive how EA keeps innovating new ways to piss off consumers.

    If they ever lose their sports exclusivity contracts, they’re cooked.

    Madden and FIFA is why they’ll never stop being profitable

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      11 hours ago

      That’s a bit extreme. Everything from Hazelight (It Takes Two, Split Fiction) is sublime, they still have Respawn making Star Wars games. They have Sims. And (outside sports games) they’ve dialed down the “MTX meme” they were a decade ago.

      …I’m not saying they’re good. But they’re nowhere near Activision-Blizzard enshittified, nor hurling towards it as fast as Xbox Studios and some other AAAs.

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        11 hours ago

        they still have Respawn making Star Wars games.

        I mean, that’s an exclusivity thing again…

        From 2013 to 2023 only EA could work on Star Wars games. It was supposed to be a bunch of high quality epic games…

        We got a couple that were decent because there’s no alternatives. And most of the time was wasted on battlefront and it’s terrible micro transactions.

        Like…

        "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.

        Literally came from the beginning of that exclusivity deal…

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    8 hours ago

    Oh man, the horror. Whatever will we do? I can’t imagine there’s any way we could obtain these games without contributing to the existence of this company. There’s nothing to be done. If only there was some, you know, exercise focused young woman that enjoyed traveling all of the time. So much so that her friends would pick on her. “That fit girl,” they’d say, “she just packs and repacks.” If only we could find this fit girl. I’m sure she could help us find a solution to this quandary

    -Norm MacDonald, probably

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    7 hours ago

    Crossing my fingers, my toes, and knocking on wood.

    If this buyout goes through, plz plz plz plz leave Battlefield 6 alone. Its been over 10 years since a BF felt this fun.

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      5 hours ago

      Bahahahahahahahahahahahshshaha

      The golden goose they will stuff with micro transactions and glow in the dark neon bullshit faster than the sweaty chopper nerds can camp the enemy spawn.

      Enjoy the last BF title while you can.

      Pray for another battlebit to come out of it.