TechQueer EA fans’ concerns over Saudi investment and creative control
Kotaku reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund partly owns EA. Executives say the new partners won’t make creative decisions, but queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims aren’t convinced.
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Kotaku reports that EA executives are telling employees the company’s new “partners” won’t make creative decisions following partial ownership by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims remain skeptical. Kotaku also quotes a concern about restricting stories that help people embrace their own underrepresented experiences: “To remove that outlet, or to restrict it, cuts us off from possibility.”
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Queer EA fans’ concerns over Saudi investment and creative control
Kotaku reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund partly owns EA. Executives say the new partners won’t make creative decisions, but queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims aren’t convinced.
TLDR
Kotaku reports that EA executives are telling employees the company’s new “partners” won’t make creative decisions following partial ownership by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Queer fans of BioWare, Apex Legends and The Sims remain skeptical. Kotaku also quotes a concern about restricting stories that help people embrace their own underrepresented experiences: “To remove that outlet, or to restrict it, cuts us off from possibility.”