EA Sold for $55 Billion

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From Forbes on 9/29/2025:Electronic Arts will go private in a $55 billion all cash buyout led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, the largest leveraged buyout on record and a high stakes wager that one of gaming’s most iconic publishers can scale faster off Wall Street.The article talks about profits and other business, but barely mentions gaming. I have a bad feeling about private equity firms taking control of any business. Not sure they'll focus much on Buildit. Only time will tell.&nbsp;

4449mtsavnux · Answer

These kind of deals are never good. This game has been getting worse the last 2 years and I don’t think it will get better. I’ve been playing since the start so I’ve been hanging around hoping for a turn around. &nbsp; I guess I should just prepare myself to walk away and put my time into something else. It was fun while it lasted I guess.&nbsp;

dlwtliwglovq · Answer

Yup! The game is seriously just money honey. But, oh for them yea. Have fun. Nothing lasts forever, leaving room for newer and better experiences. &nbsp;I wonder whats next in the gaming universe.

l3qmiasuvh9n · Answer

Ditto.

m652i346ez0m · Answer

So 55bn buyout that means that they should recoup that much in about 5 years….over 4+ million of us play this game including all of the other game’s combined.

If everyone buys mayors pass every month and then spends extra money during that month it adds up to about $1 million + in cash each month so shouldn’t take long to get back the money they spent in buying it 😁

485848 · Answer

I feel like all the changes in Simcity Builtit over the last few months have lead to this buy out of EA. &nbsp; Wow! &nbsp;Enjoy the game everyone….

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