Sims 4 fans think it's the end of an era

Many fans of Sims 4Like the overall franchise, are worried about its future after the latest EA sensation. EA has confirmed its intended acquisition of an investor group Silver Lake, Affinity Partners and Saudi Arabia's public investment fund for a total of $ 55 billion. Once closed, this investment group will own 100% of EA. This transaction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of EA's financial year 2027.

The EA business will have a huge impact on studios and games

Through the nature of it, such a deal will have a colossal impact on the industry as it is, even if said impact is impossible to decide at present. Microsoft's acquisition of Activision flash was much greater in money spent than EA's business, for example, and it changed the structure and production of Activision-flash products, which probably played a role in the various Microsoft supplements that followed. For the EA store there is a general feeling that “sports and shooters” are safe, but some fans are worried about its wider portfolio, including games/IP as Mass effect and Sims 4. It should be noted that this is all speculation, given that such a massive business has many moving parts, but there is a lot of pessimism in some fandoms what this means for the future.

For example, Mass effect Fans are worried that EA can sell internal studios/IP after the acquisition, as part of this deal also takes on a lot of debt. In that case it means that the release of Mass Effect 5which is the current focus of the studio, is even less of a “safe” thing than before. Many fans believe that everything from IPS to entire studios can be sold, if not directly closed or something to do so, unless it sells as much as other parts of the portfolio. Within that is concern about EA's more different games, which are games that Mass effect and The swimmers.

Sims fans are upset and worried

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For example, the most upvoted commentary during the first EA Consignment on Sims 4 Subreddit ekar målen för att sluta döda spelrörelsen: “Nu är det en bra tid att komma ihåg att vi, oavsett våra pengar, inte äger spelet, och vi har inte så att vi har köpt alla pengar, och vi har fått alla pengar, för att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är en del av att de är för att spela för alla pengar.

Other posts include highlighting the difference between Sims 2's standard sentence versus the Saudi version, asking if it is possible to save Sims, another that requires a boycott of future sims packaging and more. In general, many fans are afraid of what this deal means for the games they have invested lots of time and money in, as well as possible censorship. For example, ownership Sims 4 And each DLC edition then costs up a thousand dollars. Not every fan will have spent so much money, but some may have spent this money, and many others will have spent a lot (time and money) also within their funds.

Of course, it is worth noting that nothing has been officially stated what the investor group intends to do with EA when the deal has been completed. It is not impossible that changes are made in advance as well, but it is not likely that the investor group or EA confirms more major intentions until the deal is made due to the various moving parts. Concerned fans and fans in general, as this can change many things beyond the extent of singular games/IP, can only hold the ears to the ground as further news develops.

At the moment, here is every game/IP that EA owns.