• AllNewTypeFace
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    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.

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
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      Knowing what private equity buyouts happened for products recently would actually be super helpful while shopping for pretty much any product.

      • sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        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

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      Atari! Well, Atari Games. Well, Warner Interactive. Welllll, Mattel Interactive. Okay it’s Infogrames. AKA Atari. Who also went bankrupt.

      Happy 50th anniversary!