EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games

jjamarna about 3 hours ago 3 commentsRead Article on gamesradar.com

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NotGMan•about 3 hours ago

>> "It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"

Perhaps this uber progressive society we live in is, in fact, not such a great one long term civilization-wise?

TLDR is that it's activists in video game companies that will be complaining, not gamers, you know, that actual customers.

verdverm•about 3 hours ago

I'm sympathetic to people who take issue with being under the thumb of a regime that cuts up journalists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...

Gamers will complain, or just not buy, if the games are tainted by foreign autocrats.

jleyank•about 2 hours ago

People should always vote with their money. Give it to companies in sync with their views and withhold it from those out of sync. There is a grey middle ground where the decision is harder.