EA will be a different company under private ownership

(arstechnica.com)

14 points | by mmphosis 19 hours ago ago

7 comments

  • bigwheels 16 hours ago ago

    Discussion from today:

    EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners (ea.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413083 - 234 comments

  • vivzkestrel 16 hours ago ago

    can someone please buy ubisoft?

  • billy99k 17 hours ago ago

    Private equity is the place where companies die. They will suck out all of its value and move onto the next company.

    • cozzyd 16 hours ago ago

      They'll probably start releasing rehashes of every game every year with slightly different player models and names.

      • joshmn 16 hours ago ago

        “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (2026 edition)” coming soon.

  • ReflectedImage 16 hours ago ago

    It will now be used as a vehicle for an overly complex pyramid scheme.

    Well at least this will eventually clear EA out from the market.