That requires profit to be the primary motivation. The Saudis and their sycophants like Kushner didn't buy it for profit they bought it for culture war reasons. The second they took over it was certain anything queer or rebellious would get the bone saw. So of course they'd prefer to shut it down, why let something they disagree with live when they can kill it?
Even worse, the purchase was funded by loans against the value of EA (or at least a major part of it) and EA has to service it, if they default ownership goes to the lenders... so the Saudis have essentially paid nothing in practice, they just borrowed against EAs value to buy EA ... and then passed the loan on to EA ... so EA need to prioritise profit above all else, and that will be their focus ... for decades (my take) ... which is why there has been layoff warnings, studio shuttering etc. ...
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u/DiscordianDisaster 8h ago
That requires profit to be the primary motivation. The Saudis and their sycophants like Kushner didn't buy it for profit they bought it for culture war reasons. The second they took over it was certain anything queer or rebellious would get the bone saw. So of course they'd prefer to shut it down, why let something they disagree with live when they can kill it?