Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of EA could waste "one of the best catalogues in the industry" by reducing it to a "sequel-and-mega-franchise machine," Helldivers 2 boss worries
Electronic Arts has officially been acquired by a group of investors led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund for $55 billion. Shams Jorjani, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, expressed concern that this consolidation could lead EA to focus solely on sequels and mega-franchises, potentially wasting its diverse catalogue of games and reducing creative diversity within the industry.
- Entities
- Company: Arrowhead Game Studios
- Game: Helldivers 2
- Company: Electronic Arts
- Topic: Industry Consolidation
- Game: Mass Effect 2
- Game: The Sims
- Game: SimCity 3000
- Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions
- Game: Split Fiction
- Game: Unravel
- Game: Battlefield
- Topic: Creative Freedom
- Person: Shams Jorjani
- Game: Command and Conquer Generals
- Company: Public Investment Fund
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