Avi Lewis (@avilewis@mstdn.ca): This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. (mstdn.ca)

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This is private equity, this is what it does.

Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit.

The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves.

And if we want to avoid the Mass Effect effect in Canada, we should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/rip-bioware-ea-has-shut-down-the-legendary-rpg-developer/

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[-] OliveBrittle@piefed.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Reminded of how Rockstar abandoned the Vancouver division.

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2026

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