What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Saudi Arabia Gets into EA’s Games
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🗓️ 5 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
How one of the largest video game companies was bought for $55 billion by a group that includes Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and Jared Kushner.
Guest: Jason Schreier, Bloomberg reporter
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| 0:56.7 | Shopify.com.U.K. slash try. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreyer has covered video games for a long time. |
| 1:09.2 | Sometimes that means reviews, but more often it means business. |
| 1:14.1 | Big business. |
| 1:18.6 | According to the Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. |
| 1:22.2 | video game market is valued at nearly $60 billion. |
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