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

[JRPGfan]

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.

Didn't they sell under 1.5m within the first 2 months? and come out and said, they had expected at least 50% higher sales in projections?
They said it "under preformed" and EA classified it as a financial failure.

Ei. they lost money making Dragon Age the veilguard.
Spinning it off (Bioware), the studio would be 1 game away from being closed.

Back in the day, they could make amasing games.
I'm just not sure that's true anymore, they fumbled so many resent games.

if Mass effect 5, turns out anything like ME Andromeda/DA The Veilguard, that could be the end of them.

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 30 September 2025