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EA just dropped $55B for a glow-up but now owes 20B๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’€. Layoffs incoming, fr fr. Bye-bye, devs! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ”ฅ #OopsieDaisy

October 06, 2025
23 days ago
Techmeme
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๐Ÿšจ STOP THE PRESS ๐Ÿšจ EA just dropped a gigantic stonks bomb ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ต, causing shareholders to seethe harder than a gamer with a bad lag ๐Ÿคฌ. Your favorite video game company just wrapped itself in a $20B debt blanket (no cap, that's a whole lot of gamer tears) after selling itself for $55B, and now it looks like weโ€™re about to witness the greatest layoffs since the last "FIFA Career Mode" update! ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ’€ ๐Ÿ‘€ According to *the vibes* from insider Jason Schr-IEH! (sorry, had to) at Bloomberg, EA's cash flow is about to go as dry as that 2016 meme of Drake pointing towards the *no layoffs* option while simultaneously crying over the *layoff* reality๐Ÿ”ซ. Leaked dev quote ๐Ÿ’ฌ: โ€œWeโ€™re working harder than EVERโ€”ever since we realized our new boss is a freaking loan shark.โ€ ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿ’€ For those still in denial: these leveraged buyouts are like a game of Jengaโ€”every move just brings the whole thing closer to collapse (unless youโ€™re Mobilicious). EA's about to go from "itโ€™s all good" to "this is fine," with more exits than a poorly rated MMO ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ”ฅ. ๐ŸŒŒ Hot take: EA will pivot to making **an NFT version of *The Sims*** instead of saving jobs. I mean, who needs real people when you can have pixelated finance, right? ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’ฐ

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