EA reportedly going private.

[Maximo101]

Just reported on cnbc that EA is in talks or process of going private from a publicly traded company. Interesting.

 

[Exnor]

EA is one of the worst in the industry so. Maybe a Chinese company (backed by the CCP) wants to buy them ?

 

[Xzi]

To be specific: this wouldn't be EA as it is now buying out their investors, it's a private equity firm looking to purchase the company. They can't really get much worse than they are now, but I don't expect the new ownership would do anything to make them better, either.

 

[Bladexdsl]

called it months ago tencent will be the new owners

 

[Citizen_404]

EA is one of the worst in the industry so. Maybe a Chinese company (backed by the CCP) wants to buy them ?

Akshually, it appears that Jared Kushner along with a Saudi private equity firm are buying it, in what will be the biggest leveraged buyout in corporate history...

The private equity playbook says they will strip away all the prime assets (selling those for top dollar, to increase profits), squeezing as much money as possible out of the remaining bits (so, layoffs + increased prices (so, more microtransactions?)), and when they have sucked all the blood out of it, selling the lifeless husk off to whomever wants it...

TL;DR --> they want to make as much money as possible, and making quality games ain't anywhere on the priority list.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025...old-to-private-investors-for-up-to-50-billion

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Akshually, it appears that Jared Kushner along with a Saudi private equity firm are buying it, in what will be the biggest leveraged buyout in corporate history...

The private equity playbook says they will strip away all the prime assets (selling those for top dollar, to increase profits), squeezing as much money as possible out of the remaining bits (so, layoffs + increased prices (so, more microtransactions?)), and when they have sucked all the blood out of it, selling the lifeless husk off to whomever wants it...

TL;DR --> they want to make as much money as possible, and making quality games ain't anywhere on the priority list.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025...old-to-private-investors-for-up-to-50-billion

If it means the death of EA in the end, I guess it's an improvement.

 

[cearp]

What a shame the nice, friendly, and welcoming opensource company is now going private.

 

[Skelletonike]

On the bright side, I guess there will be no more forced diversity.

 

[LoggerMan]

I always thought it would be nice of Apple bought them. Turn Apple ARM devices into a proper gaming platform, as well as continuing to publish on all other platforms.

 

[Skelletonike]

I always thought it would be nice of Apple bought them. Turn Apple ARM devices into a proper gaming platform, as well as continuing to publish on all other platforms.

Apple? Eww.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I always thought it would be nice of Apple bought them. Turn Apple ARM devices into a proper gaming platform, as well as continuing to publish on all other platforms.

That's a nice dream but Apple gives around 0.001 fucks about gaming and they have made that clear by their actions.

 

[Citizen_404]

A little more info, and some predictions about what it means for the company, video games, and even Saudia Arabia...

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/how-private-ownership-will-change-electronic-arts/

This is kind of a fate worse than death, as much as I hate EA, I would never want anybody to be taken over by some private equity vultures...

 

[Maximo101]

In fairness, the Saudis may inject a massive amount of $$ into EA Sports and actually make games that people want to play.

I know, it sounds stupid the minute I wrote it...