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.
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.
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.
I’d think we’d be far more concerned about critical resource companies before we got to worrying about gaming companies, but we can’t even do that so I’m not surprised.
That is some very black or white, us or them, red team vs blue team thinking. It’s very interesting that you immediately jump to that conclusion when I am not even from the US at all. The answer to your question is absolutely not, and the fact that it’s a “world economy” doesn’t and shouldn’t mean any people are obligated to do business with and accept the controlling interest of literal monsters fueled by oil and oil money. Ethics must also be allowed to control the economy, not just money. The world’s financial systems have consequences beyond just the economy.
I don’t want them to buy it. But there isn’t anything illegal with investors purchasing a company line this no matter where they are from. It’s just business, it really doesn’t matter who owns them, they suck no matter what
I think its more there is a certain level of baseline public investment in most corporations and it seems dumb to maintain the fiction that people’s livelihoods should be sold as a commodity, especially to a bunch of despots
You seem to be under some misconception regarding who actually writes our laws. Hint: they’re called lobbyists to get people to ignore the rampant bribery.
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
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.
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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.
Gotta delete the account next.
Oh great, so now even IF the Sims 5 comes out, I have a moral obligation not to buy it…
Yo ho, matey
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
I have bad news for you if you drive a non-electric car 😏
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.
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
As much as I hate the ruling family of Saudi Arabia… get off it:
https://www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/info-gallery/us-petroleum-use-domestic-supply-and-net-imports
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
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.
Touché 😅
Damn, I didn’t know the Netherlands exported any crude oil!
Wait, you think the Saudis buying EA have anything to do with profit? EAs profits and earnings are meaningless to them.
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The Evil Ampire gets bought by an evil empire. Huh.
EA (Respawn) peaked at Titanfall 2 and hasn’t released anything good since. I set them to Ignore on Steam a few years ago.
And even then they massively fucked up by ignoring all the ddosing for years. It gave us Northstar but it’s a paid fucking game, come on man.
Jedi Fallen Order was good though (also Respawn).
Yeah Respawn is a good dev, just a shame they got bought by EA and scrapped Titanfall 3.
I mean it’s not like they can make it any worse.
How is this even legal?
What exactly about it is it you feel should be illegal?
Foreign country buying a US corporation. Seems like their investment should be capped at like 15%
I’d think we’d be far more concerned about critical resource companies before we got to worrying about gaming companies, but we can’t even do that so I’m not surprised.
US companies by foreign companies all the time, look at the food and drink corporations.
This is not a new or strange thing
It’s definitely not new, but it’s time to start thinking about how strange it is, and start pulling these assholes off their money-merry-go-round.
It’s a world economy. What are you, some sort of maga twit America first and only bullshit?
That is some very black or white, us or them, red team vs blue team thinking. It’s very interesting that you immediately jump to that conclusion when I am not even from the US at all. The answer to your question is absolutely not, and the fact that it’s a “world economy” doesn’t and shouldn’t mean any people are obligated to do business with and accept the controlling interest of literal monsters fueled by oil and oil money. Ethics must also be allowed to control the economy, not just money. The world’s financial systems have consequences beyond just the economy.
“Stop being such a fascist and let us do business with these fucking murderers”
I don’t want them to buy it. But there isn’t anything illegal with investors purchasing a company line this no matter where they are from. It’s just business, it really doesn’t matter who owns them, they suck no matter what
I think its more there is a certain level of baseline public investment in most corporations and it seems dumb to maintain the fiction that people’s livelihoods should be sold as a commodity, especially to a bunch of despots
US Steel is now a Japanese company
Except many foreign countries have stricter legal frameworks for corporations.
The “corporations are people” legal fiction means they have rights here. Citizen’s United has fucked this country in profoundly dumb ways.
You seem to be under some misconception regarding who actually writes our laws. Hint: they’re called lobbyists to get people to ignore the rampant bribery.
Bribery? They are buying a company. That’s it. There isn’t anything special about it. It’s like any other company out there.
And I was talking about the so-called legality of the situation. So, pretty clearly not referring to the headline…
If you’re not talking about the headline, what “situation” are you talking about?
Honestly, I’m not sure you’re talking about anything.
Again, no legal issues.
How about if you can’t follow a conversation, maybe stay out of it? Like, for real, I didn’t know that else to tell you.
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!
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?
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
dead space, mirrors edge, original skate
Just listed some of my favorites right there. ME was way ahead of it’s time. Banger game.
Makes me wonder what the next Sims game will be like
Like will women characters be able to leave the house unescorted?
What we have is literally the censored version by default, they just woohoo?
Your sims will have to pause five times per day to pray.
I deleted my account, intentionally losing access to all my games. Fuck EA. I will not be associated with murders.
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?
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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.
Dice - mirrors edge, battlefield
Popcap - tons of mobile games
Respawn - Alex legends, Titanfall (ex call of duty developers)
Codemasters - lots of racing games
Criterion :(
Long time partnered Sims creators have been collectively bailing and denouncing the take over. It’s warmed my cold dead heart a bit.