EA is in the process of selling itself to an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to the tune of $55 billion. Should the sale go through, it would likely result in cutbacks, possible layoffs, and EA selling “non-essential assets,” according to DFC Intelligence. There could be upsides, too, DFC Intelligence president David Cole said in a new interview.
He told Polygon that, if the deal happens and on a long-term basis, the EA sale could allow the company to “focus on more creative, risky ventures.”
This is because, Cole said, EA would no longer be a public company and would not be beholden to the mission of driving up the stock price and focusing more on safer bets. However, in the short term, that’s exactly what Cole predicts will happen. “Short term, we expect them to focus more on core money generators and look to get top dollar for ‘secondary’ IP/products,” he said.