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Snotnose [soylentnews.org] writes:

Saudi Arabia's government-funded gaming conglomerate The Savvy Gaming Group will invest $37.8 billion in gaming as part of a controversial effort to expand the kingdom's role in the sector.

Why it matters: Savvy is primed to buy up a lot of gaming companies and start many of its own.

Details: Savvy has earmarked more than $13 billion "for the acquisition and development of a leading game publisher to become a strategic development partner," according to the kingdom's press agency.

Seems to me the government's job is to ensure a stable economy, defend it's borders (let's go Brandon!), deal with shit like hurricanes and assholes invading you cuz reasons, trying to avoid ultra rich assholes from making essentially slaves out of their workforce, and, I dunno, maybe protecting those cheap immigrants from Bangladesh?

Not seeing how making video games passes my 7th grade "this is what your government does" chapter.

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