I knew they were a huge company but I didn't think they were a $55billion company.
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September 29, 2025, 09:25 AM
P220 Smudge
The videogame industry surpassed the film industry quite a while back, so the valuation doesn't seem off to me.
EA bought in hard with the DEI stuff in recent years and it has really hurt them. Bad. Ubisoft is another one I expect to go up on the chopping block before too long.
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September 29, 2025, 09:45 AM
Orguss
Several recent AAA games have exceeded $1 billion in production cost. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to cost about $2 billion. The mobile version on Monopoly is around $1 billion. Video games ain’t no joke.
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September 29, 2025, 11:01 AM
FLKev
quote:
Originally posted by Orguss: Several recent AAA games have exceeded $1 billion in production cost. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to cost about $2 billion. The mobile version on Monopoly is around $1 billion. Video games ain’t no joke.
Yeah, I used to think movies made $$$ until I saw the #'s from companies like EA's main video games. They make more on the first day than most movies earn in their lifetime.
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September 29, 2025, 11:10 AM
RangeWalker
They figured out years ago they can sell the same football or soccer game every year with minor tweaks and people will still line up.
September 29, 2025, 11:39 AM
FenderBender
The Saudis being a major owner should kill the woke bullshit, also I expect FIFA to vastly improve.
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September 29, 2025, 11:42 AM
Vgex
Thanks to EA and other AAA studios iterating worse and worse games, I haven't played a video game in years. So, thanks EA. I won't weep for you.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Vgex,
September 29, 2025, 03:57 PM
400m
I was told years ago that you could see a noticeable dip in the number of people viewing porn sites when a major new game released online.
September 29, 2025, 04:02 PM
Paten
The Saudi's being willing to overpay for everything doesn't really make the company worth $55 Billion. That's just what they bought them for.
September 30, 2025, 05:13 AM
mr kablammo
The programmer for EA/Ozark, Daniel Paul Bunten, who wrote Seven Cities of Gold had gender altering surgery in November, 1992. Also the name was changed to Danielle Bunten Berry. Wiki states that he later regretted the surgery.
I was surprised by this. When my family owned a C64 forty years ago I enjoyed Seven Cities.
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September 30, 2025, 05:03 PM
MrToad
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Originally posted by mr kablammo: The programmer for EA/Ozark, Daniel Paul Bunten, who wrote Seven Cities of Gold had gender altering surgery in November, 1992. Also the name was changed to Danielle Bunten Berry. Wiki states that he later regretted the surgery.
I was surprised by this. When my family owned a C64 forty years ago I enjoyed Seven Cities.
Another game Bunten wrote that I still play via DosBox is "Global Conquest" from 1992.
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September 30, 2025, 09:46 PM
Lunasee
The video game industry surpassed the film and music industries combined in sales.