misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoSaudi Fund to Own Almost All of Electronic Arts After Buyoutwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkSaudi Fund to Own Almost All of Electronic Arts After Buyoutwww.wsj.commisk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
https://archive.ph/2025.12.02-183650/https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/saudi-fund-to-own-almost-all-of-electronic-arts-after-buyout-661e92be
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoPlausible except the part about good, affordable games
minus-squareGrumpy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah. If there’s a Saudi that is rich enough to buy EA on a whim, he’d definitely think $1000 for a game is very cheap and don’t understand what pricing issue exists.
minus-squareÆnima@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoRight? Capitalism gotta capitalize on all that capital, sitting around in our bank accounts, when it could be sitting around in THEIR bank accounts!
Plausible except the part about good, affordable games
Yeah. If there’s a Saudi that is rich enough to buy EA on a whim, he’d definitely think $1000 for a game is very cheap and don’t understand what pricing issue exists.
Right? Capitalism gotta capitalize on all that capital, sitting around in our bank accounts, when it could be sitting around in THEIR bank accounts!