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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/theonion@sh.itjust.works/t/2790390

Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and Jared Kushner were shocked when they found out their $55 Billion buyout of EA did not include the new, downloadable content. “We should have seen this coming,” stated Kushner. “It’s a classic EA move, the base purchase is never enough without the bug fixes, patches, and eventual DLC. Now EA has the upper-hand.” [...]

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[-] alessandro@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I would add [satirical fake news] to the title, just to be sure

[-] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Fair enough👍

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 15 points 3 days ago
[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

It's the Canadian Onion - though I feel it has surpassed the Onion at this point.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 3 days ago

Yea this is satire, it should be moderated out of pcgaming.

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

That's a DLC feature.

[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 days ago

Even their buyouts have DLCs? Come the fuck on.

[-] runner_g 34 points 3 days ago

This is a satire news site, similar to the Onion

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Do you think that's why he made that joke?

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 7 points 3 days ago

Next you’ll hear they need to subscribe to the battle pass for new games they wish to own the IP for.

this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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