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EA pinky promises to 'maintain creative control' in its post-buyout era, but the list of 'cultural values' it plans to keep doesn't mean much at all (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 4 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget that EA is saddled with 20 billion dollars of debt and it's board is filled with vultures. As far I can see, EA is going to be gutted and sold for parts. All this talk of creative control is bullshit considering, they are banking on 'AI' to cut costs, which is not exactly considered to be creative. Also, I am pretty certain this bet is going to fail hard.

Yeah, EA is completely fucked.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Yea, that's my opinion

EA is about to be destroyed... But it's been a shell for 15 years, so I'm not worried

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Fuck EA! That is all. Really, that's all anyone needs to say.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How does a company exercise "creative control" when there is no discernable creativity to be seen?

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

They fire the developer who says "2+2=4" and hire the one who says "2+2=5"... then the hired developer is absolutely free to say his/her "5" anytime they want until EA doesn't roll a new formula. (they is fire&hire again)

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

That's just from all the success of the control.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

I was actively avoiding EA for make years before this. Let's just say this didn't help. Imma grab some popcorn though.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Well that's unfortunate news. I could think of nothing greater than the EA C-suite never making a decision in the industry ever again.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Taliban: Don't worry, we'll make sure our women's rights are maintained