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Midnight Writer

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5. I remember when Electronic Arts started. They declared themselves a "different type" of game company

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 11:27 AM

Sep 29

that hired the most innovative game makers and gave them free rein to work out their designs.

Game designers were celebrities and new and novel gameplay were the company currency.

Of course, that did not last long. The company became another corporate whore. They 86ed the emphasis on new and novel and instead concentrated on the easy money-makers; franchises with annual sequels.

Greed uber alles!

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Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout (with Jared Kushner) [View all] dalton99a Sep 29 OP

Ea games will have trump ads in 3,2,1... kerouac2 Sep 29 #1

Got to gobble up all forms of media newdeal2 Sep 29 #2

+1 dalton99a Sep 29 #3

I remember Electronic Arts. Are they still around? MineralMan Sep 29 #4

hmm TheProle Sep 29 #8

I remember when Electronic Arts started. They declared themselves a "different type" of game company Midnight Writer Sep 29 #5

So, PE is trying to destroy Bettie Sep 29 #6

And EA gets even worse sakabatou Sep 29 #7