AMA - CCP Acquisiton by Pearl Abyss! Starts at 16:30 UTC!

[Why_U_SoFail]

Can i have ur stuff

[Wavemistress_Moidel]

Nope!

[CCP_Guard]

@Wavemistress_Moidel

Can i still go ahead with my five year plan and be confident that the game will stay on track?

I’ve never had a five year guarantee for anything in life, inside or outside games :). But I think you can make a very strong bet that EVE will be going strong far into the future, even more so now than before I think. My chips are on EVE.

[Sin_SoLeXX]

How is PA going to get their $425 mill worth/back while “not changing anything” in CCP’s business / shop model?

Like, seriously - I’m just interested and curious. Not trying to be sarcastic or snarky. But, I’ve been through many a merger/acquisition, and after the first year, you see what the plans are for the future.

I just want to know, on a basic level, what types of changes are realistic for CCP to make to Eve in order to make it a profitable purchase for PA. They have to get their investments worth one way or another, and no one here is being straight forward about this?

So, again, I ask - How is PA going to get their investment’s worth without “changing” something?
The numbers don’t add up, so something has to change in order for them not to be at a total loss on this buy…

[Skyreth]

Haha yeah, I played more BDO than I’m willing to admit, so the sheer possibility of the numpties at PA getting their hands into EVE is disconcerting.

PA might “feel” right for staff and devs, but for the community PA is about as “right” for us a meat cleaver to the head.

[Zachri]

@Wavemistress_Moidel

Nope!

Can I have it? You know it will end up with young starting players where it will do good. See my bio in game.

[Wavemistress_Moidel]

Sweet thanks for the reply.

[Why_U_SoFail]

Guard saves another sub!

[Princess_KrabAlot]

I mean, mathematics says that PA is going to need to put their hand in your cookie jar at some point. Even if there is 425k subscribers left, at 20 dollars a month spent per subscriber, it will take them 500 months before taking operating costs into equation to recoup their money lol

[Zachri]

@Princess_KrabAlot

I mean, mathematics says that PA is going to need to put their hand in your cookie jar at some point. Even if there is 425k subscribers left, at 20 dollars a month spent per subscriber, it will take them 500 months before taking operating costs into equation to recoup their money lol

You nut. That’s not how acquisitions work

[CCP_Falcon]

What is the mood in the offices since the announcement?

It’s been great. I’ve known for a while because I work as the Company Ombudsman too, and also had to work on the communication side of things, and I was scared that people were going to be super worried.

We actually had a Global Staff Meeting today where everyone from CCP came together to talk about this and get full details of what it means for the company. The atmosphere was fantastic.

Guard, Falcon. Personally are you two upbeat or nervous or both for these changes? Not the company line, the bottom line for you two.

I’m very upbeat, and very enthusiastic about what the future holds.

You know me as well as anyone in the community Mike, I don’t screw around when I’m talking to people and I’m very direct if I don’t like something.

This is a really good move for CCP, and it’s a really good time for it to happen. There are a lot of opportunities to be had. Pearl Abyss sound like they’ll be great to work with, and I’m super interested to see what we can learn from eachother.

I’ve always said that if I ever lose faith in the future of our titles, mainly EVE as that’s where I’m focused and born from in terms of being at CCP, that’ll it’ll be the time that I check out and move on to do other things.

I can’t see that being any time in the near or distant future. I’m feeling VERY good about all this.

Can we expect changes to player events such as Fanfest and Eve Vegas as a result of this change?

It’s too early to tell really, but I’m hoping that Pearl Abyss can learn from what we do to engage our players.

Maybe we’ll see DesertFest or something like that in future haha

In all seriousness though, not sure at this stage, but things are looking very positive.

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[CCP_Falcon]

@Candente

My question to CCP is: what can you do to dampen the doomsday atmosphere Eve Online players currently have for this acquisition?

Only time will do that really, and a demonstration that things are going to continue on the right track, in the right direction.

[Nana_Skalski]

I think you can get reply only from PA guy on this.

[CCP_Falcon]

@Dzaster

so its quite simple what have they asked for u to change???

Literally nothing.

[Princess_KrabAlot]

@Zachri

@Princess_KrabAlot

I mean, mathematics says that PA is going to need to put their hand in your cookie jar at some point. Even if there is 425k subscribers left, at 20 dollars a month spent per subscriber, it will take them 500 months before taking operating costs into equation to recoup their money lol

You nut. That’s not how acquisitions work

I know that.

You buy a company to either profit from it, disolve it for profit, stop competition or use the assets to further your own goals.

NONE of those reasons plays well with the line “PA is letting CCP be CCP”

[Salvos_Rhoska]

What % of the sale price is the bonus?
What is the expected revenue CCP has to generate to receive that bonus, and for what duration?

[CCP_Falcon]

@Tetsel

Can we expect to see the CSM to be disbanded, under PA managment ?

Madness. The CSM is great.

Plus, what would I do without my @Jin_taan?

[Crash_888]

Where is the auction house in Heidel?

[Jallukola]

Which one?

[CCP_Falcon]

@Mikhem

CCP is strongly icelandic company now. Will it be icelandic company in the future too?

Jæja!!!