A former BioWare employee says that EA’s new management wasn’t on board with the developer’s inclusiveness.

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      Yes. That doesn’t inherently mean they’re endeavoring to implement Sharia in the games EA puts out.

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        Why did they buy EA then? So they could NOT make games? So they could close everything down and go out of business?

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          Survival. They know the death of the petrostate is inevitable and that they need to diversify their investments while they still have the cash to do so. EA is just one of many, many assets their sovereign wealth fund picked up across a number of industries but leaning towards “tech” in general. From this perspective, I don’t see why they would be motivated to involve themselves more than knowing what they pull in.

          Do you seriously think they did this in an effort to win some sort of Islamic cultural victory over the degenerate west? If anything they’re looking to dump it all for AI investment now, like everyone else.

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            Do you seriously think buying EA with Jared Kushner is a backup plan to oil? Do you really think EA has enough growth potential to offset oil?

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              Missing the point.

              Straight answer: no.

              However, as one of many diversification options it’ll likely make more money than it cost(s), ergo…

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                If it were that simple, we would be here in the comments section of news about how EA forced the removal of the LGBTQ Pride Flag. The world isn’t run my logical people. It’s run by pedophiles, economic fanatics, religious fanatics, and narcissists. Everything’s getting worse because people in power are deciding to make things worse.

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        All this tells me is that you didn’t even make it through the headline

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          Nowhere did they mention factually that SA requested this, as much as they tried to imply it by front loading the article with their acquisition of EA and the Sims cover business.

          Without some sort of public statement or leak, it’s hearsay. Them meddling is plausible, but so is management feeling pressured of their own volition, or just one manager being an ass.

        • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          “Okay I know ICE has been executing people publicly and it’s been on video, but that doesn’t mean immigration control in the US is getting more extreme.”

          “okay I know Russian military assets are building up along the Ukranian border and they’re getting tons of aircraft ready and moving troops and armor across the country, but that doesn’t inherently mean they’re going to start something.”

          “okay I know that bridge is actively in the process of crumbling and a chunk the size of a bus just crushed my car, but that doesn’t inherently mean it’s not safe to drive on”

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        In case the comment to which I am replying gets deleted, it said:

        Yes. That doesn’t inherently mean they’re endeavoring to implement Sharia in the games EA puts out.