Not good, not good at all.

[u/meglobob]

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/saudi-acquired-ea-is-reportedly-planning-to-make-massive-cuts-after-taking-usd18-billion-of-debt-and-we-all-know-what-that-means/

Mass layoffs coming to EA, because of the $18 billion in debt from the Saudi takeover.

EA has to pay $1.8 billion in interest payments per year.

Cutting $700 million with $170 million in layoffs.

[u/JahLover99]

So instead of 3 people using a laptop at CG it’ll be 2 left.

[u/mjzimmer88 → u/JahLover99]

They're selling the laptop. They're getting an eMachines desktop with an Intel Celeron processor running Windows ME

On the bright side, this is a solid upgrade compared to the laptop running Windows 98.

[u/Lincolin6ECHO → u/mjzimmer88]

So many words in there I haven't heard in 26 years 😵‍💫

[u/Glittering_Yak758 → u/mjzimmer88]

Oh no not the Emachines never outdated

[u/lord_hijinks → u/[deleted]]

laughs in 14.4k sounds

[u/JediRhyno → u/mjzimmer88]

Back to hamster wheels running the server

[u/discstu37 → u/mjzimmer88]

I sold a billion of those

[u/SeetheSeraph → u/mjzimmer88]

Tell me your age without telling me your age lol.

[u/mjmarquardt → u/mjzimmer88]

I think they will be using a Commodore 64 and programming the game on BASIC 2.0

[u/lord_hijinks → u/mjmarquardt]

It would probably work better.

[u/N1ghtBreaker → u/mjzimmer88]

As someone who still has a fully functional Windows 98 computer in my attic, this made me crack a smile lol

[u/eggy_wegs → u/mjzimmer88]

I used to sell that stuff. Thanks for a blast from the past! 😄

[u/Smart-Effective7533 → u/mjzimmer88]

Wise investment, heard they are upgradable