WSJ: Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private (UPDATE: Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners)

[GambinoMakeItWork]

https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefec

 

[Jaguar93]

First SnK, then WWE, and now EA. The sheiks are shopping…

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Could be better for business. Less focus on corporate profit. The sheik might just want a good game

Imagine being so rich you send your assistant out to cop FIFA and he comes back with the whole company

 

[T-K-G]

Could be better for business. Less focus on corporate profit. The sheik might just want a good game

Imagine being so rich you send your assistant out for FIFA and he comes back with the whole company

Exactly

We've already had fights that we thought would never happen because them arabs decided to push the button with no regard for profits, shelling out money for Superbowl level performances n shyt. Im rolling

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Could be better for business. Less focus on corporate profit. The sheik might just want a good game

Imagine being so rich you send your assistant out to cop FIFA and he comes back with the whole company

Oh you sweet summer child

 

[Bubba T]

Being purchased by private equity?? Oh yeah, expect even further cutbacks, layoffs, and a shyt ton of added debt

 

[Roid Jones]

Could be better for business. Less focus on corporate profit. The sheik might just want a good game

Imagine being so rich you send your assistant out to cop FIFA and he comes back with the whole company

Sheik: 'They did my boy Dembele dirty with those stats, fukk EA I'm buying the whole company'

Assistant: 'But your excellency you can just change his stats in the game'

Sheik: 'I said buy they whole shyt '

 

[Roid Jones]

First SnK, then WWE, and now EA. The sheiks are shopping…

Next Take 2 interactive, we getting GTA: Arab World

 

[ORDER_66]

Next Take 2 interactive, we getting GTA: Arab World

 

[Animal House]

Smh not a good look but I hope I’m wrong

 

[Jaguar93]

So who’s getting Ubisoft? I’m betting on either the sheiks, Microsoft, or Tencent.

 

[Loose]

Yuck

 

[ORDER_66]

So who’s getting Ubisoft? I’m betting on either the sheiks, Microsoft, or Tencent.

No one wanted them...

 

[Jaguar93]

No one wanted them...

I think Tencent does

 

[ORDER_66]

I think Tencent does

Mehhhhhhhh....