WSJ: video game giant EA nears roughly $50bn deal to go private

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Pemalite said:

I just hope they spin off studios rather than close them.

I.E. Spin off Bioware please. Let them be independent. Let them make the amazing games they we know that they can.

Sadly, I think that ship has sailed, most of their best talent is long gone. Some even started studios and published games of their own. I wouldn't mind seeing the founding of a new studio housing old legends though, like a Bioware 2.0 with some of the current, somewhat decent, developers at Bioware joining them as well. 

As for the deal itself, I think this might make EA even worse than they are today, and that's no small feat.