- I-EA ithole amabhiliyoni angama-55.000, ikhokha u-$210 ngesheya ngalinye
- Ukuthenga i-consortium: i-PIF (Saudi Arabia), i-Silver Lake kanye ne-Affinity Partners
- Ukusebenza kukalwe njengokuthengwa okukhulu okuxhasiwe futhi okwesibili ngobukhulu emkhakheni wegeyimu yevidiyo
- Ukuvalwa okulindeleke kwikota yokuqala yezimali ka-2027; U-Andrew Wilson uzohlala eyi-CEO
Ngemva izinsuku zokuqagela, I-Electronic Arts iqinisekisa ukuthengiswa kwayo a umfelandawonye ohlanganisa iSaudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), iSilver Lake kanye ne-Affinity PartnersOkwenziwayo kubiza umshicileli kokuthi AmaRandi ayizigidigidi eziyi-55.000 futhi icabanga ngentengo engukheshi engu-$210 ngesheya ngalinye, okulingana neprimiyamu engu-25% enanini lokugcina lokuvala ngaphambi kwesimemezelo.
Ukunyakaza kumaka ngaphambi nangemuva: kungukusebenza kwe enkulu embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo, okubeka i-EA ezandleni zangasese futhi iyisuse ezimakethe zomphakathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubukhulu besivumelwano bubeka ukuthi ukuthengwa okukhulu okusetshenzisiwe ebhalisiwe kanye ne ukutholwa kwesibili ngobukhulu emkhakheni kulandela leyo ye-Activision Blizzard eyenziwe yi-Microsoft.
Imininingwane yesivumelwano nokulinganisa
Umfelandawonye oholwa yi-PIF, ngokubamba iqhaza kwe Ichibi Lesiliva y Ozakwethu Bokubambisana, ithola u-100% wemali eyinhloko ye-EA ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-55.000. Umnikelo wemali we $210 ngesabelo ngasinye Lokhu kumelela iprimiyamu eningi yabanikazi bamasheya futhi kuqeda ukufakwa kuhlu kwenkampani ku-Nasdaq lapho umsebenzi uvalwa.
I-EA, ezinze eRedwood City, eCalifornia, igcina iphothifoliyo ebanzi yama-franchise afana I-EA Sports FC, I-Madden NFL, I-NHL, Ama-Sims, Inkundla yempi, Izinganekwane ze-Apex, Isikhathi Sedrako o Isidingo Sejubane. Ukuqhubeka ekuphatheni kuqinisekiswa: U-Andrew Wilson uzoqhubeka njenge-CEO ngemva kokuvala.
Ngokwesitatimende senkampani, ibhodi labaqondisi be I-EA igunyaze umsebenzi futhi inkampani izoyeka ukuhweba amasheya ayo uma izinqubo ezijwayelekile seziqediwe.I-premium engu-25% ibona inani lakho impahla kanye nempahla yengqondo esimeni sokuhlanganisa umkhakha.
Isakhiwo sezezimali kanye namandla
Umsebenzi uzochazwa ngokuthi a I-leveraged buyout (LBO), ngenani elingukheshi ngesheya ngalinye elixhaswe ngenhlanganisela yokulingana nesikweletu. Imithombo ebandakanyekayo ohlelweni ikhomba a imali elinganiselwa ku-$36.000 billion kanye nengxenye yesikweletu kufika ku-20.000 billion, ezibophezele ngokuphelele futhi ngokukhethekile I-JPMorgan Chase, ingxenye enkulu ezokhishwa lapho kuvalwa.
Ku-LBO, abathengi basebenzisa inzuzo yezezimali Ukuthola inkampani, ethembele ekuhambeni nokugeleza kwemali kwenkampani etholiwe kanye nezimpahla njengesibambiso. Umgomo uwukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle nokukhula. ukukhokha isikweletu futhi andise imbuyiselo yemali etshaliwe.
Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo, lokhu kwenziwa okuyimfihlo kwe-EA kuthathwa njenge ukuthengwa kwempahla enkulu kakhulu yomlando wanamuhla. Emkhakheni othize wemidlalo yevidiyo, ingemuva kwesivumelwano kuphela ngo I-Activision Blizzard isayinwe yi-Microsoft, ibhentshimakhi yakamuva emisebenzini emikhulu kakhulu.
Isimo samanje sezinga lenzalo kanye nezimo zezimali ezithuthukisiwe zivuselele umdlandla ama-megatransactions kwezobuchwepheshe nezokungcebeleka, ukusiza izakhiwo ezinkulu zevolumu kanye nokusebenza okusekelwe ekheshi ezingeni lokulingana.
Ikhalenda, ukubusa kwebhizinisi nomthethonqubo
Kuhlelelwe ukuvalwa ikota yokuqala yonyaka wezimali ka-2027 kusuka ku-EA, kuncike ekugunyazweni okujwayelekile abalawuli kanye nabaninimasheyaKuze kube yileso sikhathi, inkampani izoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokujwayelekile, futhi uma umsebenzi usuphothuliwe uzoyeka ukuhweba futhi izoba yibhizinisi elizimele.
Umfelandawonye uphinde wagcizelela ukweseka kwawo ubuholi obukhona, ukuze U-Andrew Wilson uzohlala enhloko yenkampani. Lokhu kuqhubeka kokuphatha kuhlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuzinza kwebhizinisi kanye nokwenziwa kohlelo lwesu kwezemidlalo, imidlalo njengesevisi nolwazi lwabadlali abaningi.
I-EA isebenza nxazonke Ochwepheshe abangu-14.500 emhlabeni wonke, ngokuba khona eSpain kanye nesikhungo eMadrid esihlanganisa abasebenzi abangamakhulu amaningana. Eminyakeni yakamuva, Umkhakha ubhekane nokulungiswa kwabasebenzi, futhi i-EA ayizange ivikeleke kulo mongo., ngezinqubo zokuhluza ezimenyezelwe ngaphambilini.
Phakathi nesigaba soshintsho, Inkampani izojwayelanisa ishejuli yayo yezokuxhumana ngezezimali ukuze ihambisane nezidingo zenqubo, ukubeka phambili amaqiniso abalulekile namanothi anolwazi ngemiphumela, ngokuvumelana nalokho lezi zinhlobo zezivumelwano ezivame ukukusungula.
Kusho ukuthini embonini naku-EA
Ngalo msebenzi, i-PIF iqinisa isu layo ukuhlukahluka emidlalweni yevidiyo nakwezemidlalo ye-e. Isikhwama besivele sine ukubamba iqhaza okuseduze no-10% ku-EA futhi igcina ukutshalwa kwezimali ezinkampanini ezifana I-Nintendo, I-Niantic o NgokwesilinganisoKu-Silver Lake, enerekhodi elihle kubuchwepheshe nezimpahla zokudala, umnyakazo uhambisana nawo ukuchayeka ku-ecosystem yemidlaloI-Affinity Partners, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yengeza imali enkulu kanye nenethiwekhi yobudlelwano kumfelandawonye.
Embonini, ukwenziwa ngasese kwe-EA kungase kuvule umnyango wokuthi ukuguquguquka okukhulu kwamasu ngaphandle kokuhlolwa kwemakethe kwekota, okugxile ekuthuthukisweni kwama-franchise, ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza namamodeli wesevisi. Abahlaziyi abahlukahlukene nabo bakhomba amandla e ama-synergies kuma-eSports namalayisensi ezemidlalo, izindawo lapho i-EA ne-PIF sezivele zikhona.
Ezingeni lokudala, ama-sagas athanda I-EA Sports FC, Ama-Sims o Inkundla yempi izohlala isenkabeni yephothifoliyo. Ukuzinikela ekugcineni U-Andrew Wilson isekela ukuqhubeka kwesu elisekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho okubukhoma, imiphakathi yomhlaba wonke, kanye nemifelandawonye namaligi amakhulu nemifelandawonye.
Nomzala we 25% kubanikazi bamasheya kanye nesakhiwo sezimali esiklanyelwe isikhathi eside, isivumelwano sibeka i-EA esigabeni esisha sebhizinisi. Inhlanganisela yemali yesiguli, ukugxila kokusebenza kanye nemikhiqizo emisiwe izonquma isivinini inkampani enweba ngaso ukufinyelela kwayo futhi iqinise isikhundla sayo emakethe encintisanayo.
Ngingumshisekeli wezobuchwepheshe oguqule izintshisekelo zakhe "ze-geek" zaba umsebenzi. Ngichithe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-10 yempilo yami ngisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu kanye nokukitaza ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlelo ngenxa yelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi. Manje sengiqeqeshelwe ubuchwepheshe be-computer nemidlalo yama-video. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-5 ngisebenza ngokubhalela amawebhusayithi ahlukahlukene ezobuchwepheshe nemidlalo yevidiyo, ngenza izindatshana ezifuna ukukunikeza imininingwane oyidingayo ngolimi oluqondakala yiwo wonke umuntu.
Uma unemibuzo, ulwazi lwami lusukela kuyo yonke into ehlobene nesistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows kanye ne-Android yomakhalekhukhwini. Futhi ukuzibophezela kwami kuwe, ngihlala ngizimisele ukuchitha amaminithi ambalwa futhi ngikusize uxazulule noma yimiphi imibuzo ongase ube nayo kulo mhlaba we-inthanethi.