The public and analysts are actively discussing the sale of Electronic Arts to investors from Silver Lake, Affinity Partners, and the Saudi Arabian Sovereign Fund.
According to journalists, the new owners intend to actively use artificial intelligence to reduce costs and increase revenues.
Analysts believe that cost reduction will be a natural and expected step to quickly repay EA's $20 billion debt to JPMorgan Chase, which partially financed the deal.
According to Bloomberg, the huge debt will lead to even more aggressive monetization in EA games and massive layoffs.
Journalist Stephen Totilo was able to speak with some EA employees who are extremely unhappy with the deal. People are preparing for layoffs, and some believe that by selling the company to people associated with Saudi Arabia, EA CEO Andrew Wilson told all the women working there to "f*** off".
Players' opinions on the deal are divided: some are happy that the company will now be gutted and sold off, while others are worried about the future of BioWare, as well as The Sims, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age series.