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So Electronic Arts will cease to be a publicly-traded company on the
Stock Exchange, and will now be owned by a consortium of private
companies <
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/how-private-ownership-will-change-electronic-arts/>.
Why did this happen? Sometimes this going-private stratagem is used to
rescue a company in financial trouble (e.g. Dell), but I didnrCOt know
of that applying in this case. Somebody just saw some writing on the
wall, and decided to take action before things got irretrievably bad
... I guess.
It will mean a difference in future behaviour of the company, but
what? Publicly-traded companies often fall victim to too much focus on
boosting the share price from quarter to quarter; being privately
owned might allow EA to concentrate on longer-term strategies that
could take years to pay off.
But then, that depends on the patience of the investors.
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