According to a recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), chaired by controversial crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, has acquired more than $3 billion worth of stock in famous video game publishers Activision Blizzard, EA and Take-Two. The investment is broken down to around $1.3 billion in Activision Blizzard shares, $1 billion in EA shares and $825m in Take-Two shares. According to Eurogamer, this amounts to around 3.5%, 2.6% and 3.5% of those respective companies' share totals.

This is not the first time the crown prince invested in video game companies as in late 2020, his charity acquired 33.3% of Japanese gaming company SNK stock, making it the largest shareholder.

However, the crown prince's involvement in the video games industry has not always been welcome. In June 2020, League of Legends developer Riot terminated a partnership for a project funded by Mohammed bin Salman following backlash from the eSports community.

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[pedro702]

They were made by Respawn Entertainment and Motive Studios respectively. EA doesn't make games. They buy studios, impose microtransactions on otherwise acceptable games and shut down studios that used to produce great games. And since EA almost lost the rights to Star Wars, you'd expect them to once in a while publish better games of that franchise. The more interesting question would be how many memorable Star Wars games we had been missing out on if EA hadn't had the rights to produce Star Wars games for the last decade.

both respawn entretainment and motive studios are EA founded studios... becuase the studio isnt called EA they dont count? lol

literal re spawn studios is formed by disgruntled call of duty staff and was never independent, they approached ea to form a new studio and ea made it, they were always owned by EA and created by EA so they weren't bought...

Same for motive studios they were formed by EA and not bought...

So dont go around saying lies that EA bought these studios, when they were the ones that created them in the first place...

 

[Bladexdsl]

Dirty money gets everywhere.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

Dirty money gets everywhere.

How is an investment dirty money?

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These companies will continue to virtue signal LGBTQP+++ support in western white countries while taking money from backwards Islamic nations that stone and behead people.

I don't know how such a targeted hateful comment is even allowed on this site. I'd hate to meet someone so full of hate.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

How is an investment dirty money?

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I don't know how such a targeted hateful comment is even allowed on this site. I'd hate to meet someone so full of hate.

What did I say that was hateful?
What did I say that wasn't true?

Do Islamic countries not stone people to death?
Do Islamic countries not behead people?

When gay pride month happens will these corporations middle Eastern social media accounts post rainbows? Go ahead. Please answer these questions without deflecting, projecting or avoiding reality.

 

[Spring_Spring]

Is this what we want? Is Saudi Arabia our friend? Should we trust a guy named Mohammed? Should we be concerned that these U.S. companies are being invested in by those outside of the country? Is this the work of the powers-that-be in the government? Are we gonna have to wear turbans, now?!?

So many questions, so little answers. While I appreciate what comes out of these three companies, I am a little concerned about who invests, and what might be the result of such.

wtf

 

[HarveyHouston]

What did I say that was hateful?
What did I say that wasn't true?

Do Islamic countries not stone people to death?
Do Islamic countries not behead people?

When gay pride month happens will these corporations middle Eastern social media accounts post rainbows? Go ahead. Please answer these questions without deflecting, projecting or avoiding reality.

You do have a point, one which I was trying to make. While there are Islamic sects that encourage pacifism, we have to worry about the ones that don't. There are two sides of every coin.

I also know about the gay pride thing. This is true in Middle Eastern countries, as well, and it's sickening.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

What did I say that was hateful?
What did I say that wasn't true?

Do Islamic countries not stone people to death?
Do Islamic countries not behead people?

When gay pride month happens will these corporations middle Eastern social media accounts post rainbows? Go ahead. Please answer these questions without deflecting, projecting or avoiding reality.

Never have I once in my decades of living in Muslim countries witnessed or heard of anyone being stoned. Beheading is the most merciful way of executing the death penalty. You may prefer electric chairs or hanging, but we're not barbaric and prefer people to die without pain.

We do not support same sex propaganda. Gay people live peacefully in Muslim countries and have since the dawn of time. We just don't celebrate people's personal life decisions.

Calling a group of people backwards because they don't agree with your biased standards is hateful. Don't use Disney's Aladdin as a reference. Open a book or watch a few documentaries. If you can, travel to different countries. It will help you appreciate humanity more.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Never have I once in my decades of living in Muslim countries witnessed or heard of anyone being stoned. Beheading is the most merciful way of executing the death penalty. You may prefer electric chairs or hanging, but we're not barbaric and prefer people to die without pain.

We do not support same sex propaganda. Gay people live peacefully in Muslim countries and have since the dawn of time. We just don't celebrate people's personal life decisions.

Calling a group of people backwards because they don't agree with your biased standards is hateful. Don't use Disney's Aladdin as a reference. Open a book or watch a few documentaries. If you can, travel to different countries. It will help you appreciate humanity more.

"Beheading people is humane"

Lol ok bro.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

"Beheading people is humane"

Lol ok bro.

How would you execute a death sentence?

I really regret even attempting to address your misunderstandings. It's clear that you swallow any media excrements and accept it as fact. Keep at it.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

How would you execute a death sentence?

I really regret even attempting to address your misunderstandings. It's clear that you swallow any media excrements and accept it as fact. Keep at it.

Lethal injection and definitely not methods that most countries considered barbaric hundreds of years ago.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

Lethal injection and definitely not methods that most countries considered barbaric hundreds of years ago.

Pioneered by the Nazis and "Inmates reportedly gasped, choked, and struggled before succumbing, long after the lethal dose was intended to take full effect."

If this isn't barbaric, I don't know what is.

 

[Deleted User]

In the next Call of Duty, enemies have attacked Saudi Arabia. It is up to YOU to save the most important country on earth.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

In the next Call of Duty, enemies have attacked Saudi Arabia. It is up to YOU to save the most important country on earth.

Mission briefing: The crown prince of Saudi Arabia needs you to locate a female reporter.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

Mission briefing: The crown prince of Saudi Arabia needs you to locate a female reporter.

While you take out the drunk Irish terrorists

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

While you take out the drunk Irish terrorists

Irish civil war terrorism that stopped 20 years ago while Muslim terrorists behead people on a monthly basis all around the globe

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

Irish civil war terrorism that stopped 20 years ago while Muslim terrorists behead people on a monthly basis all around the globe

Wouldn't say "stopped" if conflicts are ongoing between Ireland and Scotland with reported deaths constantly. Hopefully Islam spreads throughout Europe once again so you can die from all the built up hatred in your heart. Islam is strong, people like you only make it stronger.

Long live the Islamic world.

 

[Coto]

Wouldn't say "stopped" if conflicts are ongoing between Ireland and Scotland with reported deaths constantly. Hopefully Islam spreads throughout Europe once again so you can die from all the built up hatred in your heart. Islam is strong, people like you only make it stronger.

Long live the Islamic world.

Take it easy brother. This is just a video game forum. Peace.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

Take it easy brother. This is just a video game forum. Peace.

It's all good. Just can't watch people attack my country and just watch, you know.