With prominent players in the community publicly stating their opinions and unsubscribing from the game, do you have anything to say that might keep them around?
It shares IP, but it is not connected to EVE, kept seperately.
Nova (PC DUST spiritual successor) is almost definitely going to be revealed in full at Vegas.
They also want to connect the two games, but it wonât be the first goal when releasing Nova - they want to make it a polished product on its own.
Concerning current monetization efforts:
We all know CCP needs to maintain the hamsters in the servers with cash. Other than recent monetization efforts, such as skins, plex, etc., can you share future monetization plans?
The community as a whole, I think, agrees that more cosmetics is fine, and weâll pay for them. But what we donât want to see are lootbox or tiered upgrade based mechanics. Can you provide any concrete comments on the monetization roadmap?
if these financial targets arent met, are they critical for CCP and if so what suffers as a result and what revenue boosts to CCP could be leveraged to meet the targets?
Not yet connected. Hilmar already stated at FF the goal is to link them eventually but only when itâs ready.
They are not answering hardball questions
Please use the whiffle bat next time

- Has into the abyss been a way for EVE to become easier to monetize?
- Does pearl abyss plan to significantly change the game?
- Has CCP been struggling with financial issues therefor sold the company?
Thanks,
Hey, Zander!
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Not directly but every feature needs to have a business case. Itâs an isk sink for one! People are losing blingy ships in there. Some of those players also buy PLEX Iâm sure. Itâs intended to give people a fun feature that makes them more engaged and keeps them coming back to EVEâŚitâs gone down pretty well overall in that regard. So to answer the question a little more broadlyâŚwe are always looking for new ways to optimize the business of EVE, weâve been doing that in many ways for years and will continue doing so. But we believe that works best when we do it in a way that EVE players are happy with.
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No, Iâve seen nothing that makes me think that and logically it also just doesnât make sense to me.
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Nope, CCP has money in the bank and makes a healthy profit. The investors were ready to sell and others were ready to buy, thatâs about it
- CCPâs products are first and foremost aimed in a niche market. While PA has the mentality of en masse produced product, with a low cost entry for the consumer, and various premium additions. How does this difference of mentality is viewed from CCP?
Thereâs both differences and similarities really - I think thereâs lots that we can learn from eachotherâs development models.
- Will we see in the future a more business oriented roadmap-the likes of EvE development roadmap, for the various business projects of CCP? Do you think this is something that must be communicated? There was many instances in the past where CCP communicated a lack of resources over various projects but apparently the company is healthy enough(both in level of product but also financially as CEO Hilmar stated there were around 40 million in cash reserves.)
Not sure what youâre asking for here, but thereâll be more information on whatâs coming for EVE in 2018/2019 at EVE Vegas.
Hilmar will be out there, and will be presenting, so you should come along or tune in. Weâll be broadcasting it for free if you canât make it.
- Will PA transfer resources to CCP to enlarge the studio and throw more development for CCP? Will they lead the development if that happens or CCP?
Not something thatâs really been discussed at this stage - itâs super early in the relationship so thereâs not really a lot of info we can give on this.
@CCP_Falcon @CCP_Guard
Iâm making a shameless self-quote, but have you actually played BDO? Like really played-played it? What I am saying here is the trainwreck state of BDO, got any thoughts?
You still donât get it, do you? Everyone here wishes CCP to strive financially, as it would strive the success of EVE directly. CCP becoming a subsdiary isnât the issue. Itâs who CCP is coming subsdiary of. This was no small deal, 425 millions is a lot of money, serious money. Which brings us to the actual problem that decides the ultimate fate of EVE. With the current subscription numbers and factoring in how much a certain margin of players spend on PLEXes directly, EVEâs best year financialâŚ
Will at ships be rereleased?
Connect port 26000 is bugged again!!!
Will this mean we will finally get hello kitty widow skins? ccpls
@CCP_Falcon Whatâs the status on the EVE store? Any updates on potential 3d models we can buy?
When the deal was closed were there any celebrations between CCP and AP representatives and how many male exotic dancers were involved?
Any funny anekdotes concerning the transaction/deal?
- Will PLEX purchase rates remain the same?
No plans to change anything in this respect.
- Will Omega Subscription rates remain the same?
Or this respectâŚ
- Will Alpha and Omega Clone states within game remain the same?
⌠or this respect, however over time Iâm sure that the benefits of both clone types may evolve - they already have done since we released Acesnsion.
- Will Character Service rates for Transfers, MCTâs, Extractors, etc, remain the same?
No plan to change this either.

When the deal was closed were there any celebrations between CCP and AP representatives and how many male exotic dancers were involved?
Sheep?
Hey,
a fellow newbro here and i got one question/concern. If, lets say in a year, Pearl Abyss approaches you Falcon/Guard and ask you directly to implement a change you personally know is RIDICULUS (p2w stuffâŚ): How do you react? Please try to think into this situation. Are you obliged to do what ever they want you to do? (Regardless of how PAâs current state of mind is)
Im asking this, because i came from Black Desert Online, which was the worst experience i had in my life with gaming before. EVERY Update felt like they dont play their own game. And this is certainly true. I fell in love now with Eve and dont want it to go down the same drain : (.
Thanks for answering!
Kind Regards
I herd there is a nice floating nyx model coming out soonâŚ
@CCP_Falcon Was the decision to move fanfest around the world and away from Iceland due to PA buying CCP and the Iceland offices being redundant?