# Dev blog: Black Desert Online makers Pearl Abyss to acquire CCP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** official, devblog\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942 "2018-09-06T07:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/364 "2018-09-06T11:50:59Z")
> [@Smuff\_Gallente](#): > > that cosmetic monocle cost 70 US dollars Yes but it was COSMETIC šŸ˜ƒ It wasnt even P2W, and yet EVE burned for weeks on end. ---
**Author:** ![Nankeen\_Heron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nankeen_heron/32/288904_2.png) [@Nankeen\_Heron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nankeen_Heron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/365 "2018-09-06T11:51:19Z")
Who? Why? [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/5/3/53e8f3dcf06ecfea061e9f98ef468d298527cef1.jpeg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/234t8c.jpg) ā€œBorn: 2010.01.09ā€ - but Iā€™ve played on and off since 2006(?) My Omega subscription expires in 33 days; maybe itā€™s time to let go. šŸ˜æ EVE = CCP = Iceland. ---
**Author:** ![Hazen\_Koraka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/hazen_koraka/32/395218_2.png) [@Hazen\_Koraka](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hazen_Koraka)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/366 "2018-09-06T11:51:24Z")
Weeb Online. Hail to our new overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Zachri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zachri/32/69948_2.png) [@Zachri](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zachri)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/367 "2018-09-06T11:52:04Z")
> [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > Touche. > > But CCPs marketing is a long list of failure, and Western players will not tolerate grinding/P2W the way Eastern players do. To be fair, CCP has never been bad at marketing. Theyā€™ve just been in their own way too many times. And yeah, the F2P roadmap required the gradual killing of the original emergent dynamic foundations, in preparation. That presents a lot of real struggle for any marketing approach. Western players have nothing of input where it comes to PA. Nothing. Not one bit. PA has always done as it pleased. It has constantly pushed publishers and original developers, after the grace period of payouts (which in EVEā€™s case is only decent for select few, and those who already took the watch). ---
**Author:** ![Smartislarti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/smartislarti/32/267736_2.png) [@Smartislarti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Smartislarti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/368 "2018-09-06T11:52:32Z")
Amiga Games were epic ---
**Author:** ![Makavi\_Madeveda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/makavi_madeveda/32/495789_2.png) [@Makavi\_Madeveda](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Makavi_Madeveda)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/369 "2018-09-06T11:52:49Z")
And now all you fools who said I was full of ā– ā– ā– ā–  when I kept posting Hilmar wants to sell CCP, enjoy your new ā– ā– ā– ā–  Korean junk game. Iā€™m seriously laughing my ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  head off at each and every one of you. ---
**Author:** ![Malthuras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malthuras/32/94926_2.png) [@Malthuras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malthuras)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/370 "2018-09-06T11:53:30Z")
You just sold out CCP to a cashbox grabbing company who is notorious for lying to their playerbase and trying to extort every cent out of them. Great job there Hilmar. ---
**Author:** ![Luscius\_Uta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/luscius_uta/32/385796_2.png) [@Luscius\_Uta](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Luscius_Uta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/371 "2018-09-06T11:53:37Z")
I wonder will this lead to the introduction of a Korean server for EVE? I reckon that one of the main reason EVE wasnā€™t very popular in Korea and Japan is crap ping they have on Tranquility. ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/372 "2018-09-06T11:53:42Z")
So Hilmar just earned $42.5mil equity. Thats legit impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Akali\_Sharisa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/akali_sharisa/32/352541_2.png) [@Akali\_Sharisa](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Akali_Sharisa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/373 "2018-09-06T11:54:38Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/e/4e9ae6630bb85686e3dd6369c1505397b22f4985.jpeg) I have seen this happen in another star cluster I loved to play with, relations between the players and the developers did not fare very well. But I hope for the best! ---
**Author:** ![zluq\_zabaa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zluq_zabaa/32/19011_2.png) [@zluq\_zabaa](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/zluq_zabaa)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/374 "2018-09-06T11:55:35Z")
50% of the rage will be gone, once they re-introduce walking in stations, this time with semi-naked Waifu in the quarters ---
**Author:** ![Zachri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zachri/32/69948_2.png) [@Zachri](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zachri)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/375 "2018-09-06T11:55:37Z")
> [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > Yes but it was COSMETIC šŸ˜ƒ > > It wasnt even P2W, and yet EVE burned for weeks on end. And letā€™s be honest, those days are over. CCP have already replaced most of the player types of those days, and exposed most of the remaining ones to processes of normalisation. There is not going to be any Summer of Rage 2.0. It is simply no longer possible. And even if there were some momentum, there no longer is a cohesive EVE community. Why do you think CCP pushed so consistantly for all the measures on community management, forum changes, ISD changes, splitting up information streams, segregating stimuli and so forth? The Summer of Rage was the last Trauma the founders/core were willing to go through. They learned from it, they were smarter, simply put. They had be, suddenly. Some got tossed out, some replaced, but a strict agenda was put in place. And that has worked. ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/376 "2018-09-06T11:56:16Z")
> [@Zachri](#): > > To be fair, CCP has never been bad at marketing I dont agree. CCP has been very good at hyping within its own existing community, but not marketing proper. > [@Zachri](#): > > Western players have nothing of input where it comes to PA. As I said, Western and Eastern gamers are socially/culturally very different, with very different priorities and levels of tolerance. Look at what happened on Serenity, and look at BDOs success in Asian markets. ---
**Author:** ![Smartislarti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/smartislarti/32/267736_2.png) [@Smartislarti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Smartislarti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/377 "2018-09-06T11:56:17Z")
> **[CCP Games raises $30 million to bolster virtual reality development efforts](https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2015/ccp-games-raises-30-million-to-bolster-virtual-reality-development-efforts/)** > > Privately held CCP Games, the leader in virtual reality immersive technology, today announced that it has raised $30 million to bolster the development of virtual reality (VR) content. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Nabotov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/david_nabotov/32/94924_2.png) [@David\_Nabotov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/David_Nabotov)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/378 "2018-09-06T11:56:24Z")
07 CCP Falcon, my best to you and CCP in this new endeavor but as I read thru the countless number of replies, I too am cancelling my account and uninstalling what used to be a good game. I truly hope that Eveonline will prosper in the future but I donā€™t hold any judgement that it will at this point. Best of Luck also with the AMA. ---
**Author:** ![Spacepilot101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/spacepilot101/32/488869_2.png) [@Spacepilot101](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Spacepilot101)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/379 "2018-09-06T11:57:09Z")
yeah, I think that too. Especially since we already have skins, subscriptions, plex and skill injectors. What i believe is, that PA is interested in CCPs experience to somehow sustain a game for almost two decades and in upcoming titles, such as eve nova. They know that eve works well that way it does now, but lacks people and innovationsā€¦ bringing in real P2W content would break CCPs neck and therefore PAs, since their investment would be gone. I highly doubt something big will changeā€¦ maybe more skins or, like already mentioned by ccp, skins for structuresā€¦ but nothing substantial. Idk if i am right, wrong or too naiveā€¦ time will tell. Until then i will enjoy what this game has to offer o7 ---
**Author:** ![Smuff\_Gallente](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/smuff_gallente/32/374511_2.png) [@Smuff\_Gallente](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Smuff_Gallente)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/380 "2018-09-06T11:57:27Z")
send smuff gallente all your stuff ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/381 "2018-09-06T11:58:28Z")
> [@Zachri](#): > > And letā€™s be honest, those days are over. CCP have already replaced most of the player types of those days, and exposed most of the remaining ones to processes of normalisation. My point being Eastern players wont even bat an eyelid to grind/P2W, which would have Western players rioting and heading out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Nalana\_Vos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nalana_vos/32/271977_2.png) [@Nalana\_Vos](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nalana_Vos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/382 "2018-09-06T11:59:05Z")
Send Nalana Vos ingame all your stuff for those who quit. ---
**Author:** ![Smartislarti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/smartislarti/32/267736_2.png) [@Smartislarti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Smartislarti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/383 "2018-09-06T11:59:37Z")
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