The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHow dare you stand where they stood?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down14
arrow-up1500arrow-down1imageHow dare you stand where they stood?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 months agoOr, the private-equity shell company that bought the name of the original studio from the company that bought out the company that bought them and shut them down 17 years ago.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoKnowing what private equity buyouts happened for products recently would actually be super helpful while shopping for pretty much any product.
minus-squaresit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSounds like a good idea! A website where you can enter a product or brand and it answers when it was acquired by private equity
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAtari! Well, Atari Games. Well, Warner Interactive. Welllll, Mattel Interactive. Okay it’s Infogrames. AKA Atari. Who also went bankrupt. Happy 50th anniversary!
Or, the private-equity shell company that bought the name of the original studio from the company that bought out the company that bought them and shut them down 17 years ago.
Knowing what private equity buyouts happened for products recently would actually be super helpful while shopping for pretty much any product.
Sounds like a good idea! A website where you can enter a product or brand and it answers when it was acquired by private equity
Atari! Well, Atari Games. Well, Warner Interactive. Welllll, Mattel Interactive. Okay it’s Infogrames. AKA Atari. Who also went bankrupt.
Happy 50th anniversary!