Oh great, so now even IF the Sims 5 comes out, I have a moral obligation not to buy it…
Makes me wonder what the next Sims game will be like
Like will women characters be able to leave the house unescorted?
Your sims will have to pause five times per day to pray.
What we have is literally the censored version by default, they just woohoo?
Not a loss for me. I liked them when they were still good, on C64 and Amiga. But now? Good riddance. May the sheiks have fun with it.
i’m less worried about me not buying their games and more worried about the folks who buy madden every year even though the last interesting release was 08
08 you say?
Scott the Woz has entered the chat
Gotta delete the account next.
Dice - mirrors edge, battlefield
Popcap - tons of mobile games
Respawn - Alex legends, Titanfall (ex call of duty developers)
Codemasters - lots of racing games
Long time partnered Sims creators have been collectively bailing and denouncing the take over. It’s warmed my cold dead heart a bit.
The buyout has effectively already gone through, and as the price has been decided, any money you give to them is directly going to saudi arabia, as they will get that new value.
Boy EA really hit rock bottom and just kept on a-diggin til they struck oil didn’t they.
And the rest is Jared Kushner. Enjoy that shit sandwich.
EA was already shit, but somehow they found bread made from shit and built a whole sandwich.
We are all children of
jesuspetro states.Oh good, I can continue not buying EA games.
I’d have to check but I think the only EA game I even care one iota about would be Dead Space. But I already got the remake for free on PS5 and I pretty highly doubt they’ll remake the other two so… I’m good
No, but I may pirate a few now. Just to seed them as a tiny middle finger to the saudis.
If you still buy EA games at this point you better not tell anyone because you’re a braindead fuckwit for sending Saudis your money
Wait, you think the Saudis buying EA have anything to do with profit? EAs profits and earnings are meaningless to them.
I have bad news for you if you drive a non-electric car 😏
As much as I hate the ruling family of Saudi Arabia… get off it:
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-much-crude-oil-does-us-import-by-country-2025-01-31/
Your information is dated. We are net exporters of crude oil for the past 15-years with majority of import from Canada and Mexico
But for what it’s worth - fully believe renewables are the way forward for geopolitical and ecological stability. This is the more important narrative
We are net exporters of crude oil for the past 15-years with majority of import from Canada and Mexico
Damn, I didn’t know the Netherlands exported any crude oil!
Because there exists only one place in the world and that is called US of A? 🙄
Saudi Arabia is still the biggest oil exporter in the world (as of 2024). If you drive an internal combustion car anywhere, chances are high that you paid the Sheiks at least some money for doing so.
Some people have no choice in what kind of car they can afford to drive.
We all have a very easy choice when it comes to choosing your video games
People commonly have a choice not to drive a car in the first place.
Though cultural pressures, as well as some specific areas being genuinely hard to reach, pushes many people towards it anyway. But if you have a choice, choose public.
Have you seen North American public transportation?
Yeah, I have a “choice”, but it’s 60-85 minutes on 3 busses or a 12 minute drive to get to and from work.
Yeah, North America and US specifically is one of these hard to reach places
Also, 12 minutes drive is a biking distance - if you have any semblance of bike infrastructure, that is. Surprisingly though, even American cities have that sometimes.
Also, 12 minutes drive is a biking distance
My 15 minute car commute would take over an hour with a bicycle, lead me over multiple busy and dangerous country roads, has three mountains with over 20% elevation that I have to pass, and would be incredibly unsafe in the winter even with studded tires.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually do take my bicycle when I’m not in a hurry and the weather is right. But it’s a huge time sink and doesn’t absolve my of my dependency on a car.
The same commute takes 2 hours with public transport btw so that’s even worse
And this is in Germany, not north America
Sad to know!
This thread is peak Lemmy.
I’d have to ride several blocks on a 4 lane stroad to go anywhere outside of my neighborhood. It’s so depressing.
Feel you - hope you’ll have safer ways to bike in the future! Maybe there are some kind of bike advocacy groups in your area?
People do not commonly have a choice here
In America there is near 0 public transit outside of a few major cities
that’s an improvement over sending the usians our money.
barely but still.
Didn’t need additional reasons to never buy EA garbage, but yeah sure ok.
EA games suck nowadays anyway; this was just a buyout for shareholders and founders.
Remind me: when was this not the case? I never in my life heard anyone ever say ‘oh great, it’s an EA game’
Back in the late 80s they were pretty legit.
Does “It takes two” count as an EA game?
dead space, mirrors edge, original skate
Just listed some of my favorites right there. ME was way ahead of it’s time. Banger game.
93 was my jam.
But yeah, I’d play that.
Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone for PC was pretty good.
Probably games around year 2000. Not so much recycling back then.
Yep, their early days were bad ass… pretty much like any company that starts out before they become corporate cock suckers
SA - fuck up everything.
Would love to see how do they fuck up the fuck up.
It’s the Saudis. Expect heavy sanitation.
sounds like a perfect match for EA
Yeah the kushner share is a bribe to bypass regulatory oversight, didn’t you know?
Do they need Kushner for that? They done a pretty good job funneling money to Him over the last 8 years.
As long as the money keeps coming there won’t be any problems.
That’s always how it’s been!
