# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![Tovh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tovh/32/171818_2.png) [@Tovh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tovh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/586 "2018-09-06T13:50:21Z")
I hope so. But if PA fails, it will not only cost Eve it will cost them. Losing 50,000 sweaty neckbeards with a superiority complex is bad. Eve community is closer then most. Your comment inspires hope šŸ™‚ . I hope you are correct. _sits down nervously_ ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_Rankin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lynne_rankin/32/509871_2.png) [@Lynne\_Rankin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lynne_Rankin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/587 "2018-09-06T13:50:50Z")
lololol I posted a lot on the old forums, never gave a ā– ā– ā– ā–  about this one. Also I dont know how to post wth is this disqus? ---
**Author:** ![Predvodnica\_LSG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/predvodnica_lsg/32/63657_2.png) [@Predvodnica\_LSG](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Predvodnica_LSG)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/588 "2018-09-06T13:51:03Z")
They bought 100% of ccp that include tech !!! ---
**Author:** ![Uthgood\_Furfoot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uthgood_furfoot/32/254504_2.png) [@Uthgood\_Furfoot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uthgood_Furfoot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/589 "2018-09-06T13:51:14Z")
would not a better example be like how Disney owns Star Wars? ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Mieyli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jc_mieyli/32/242789_2.png) [@JC\_Mieyli](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/JC_Mieyli)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/590 "2018-09-06T13:51:40Z")
yes well done ---
**Author:** ![lilsteel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lilsteel/32/272085_2.png) [@lilsteel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/lilsteel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/591 "2018-09-06T13:52:47Z")
- plus 81 new posts ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_HotPockets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cold_hotpockets/32/94969_2.png) [@Cold\_HotPockets](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cold_HotPockets)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/592 "2018-09-06T13:53:54Z")
I for one welcome our new Korean overlords ---
**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, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/593 "2018-09-06T13:54:25Z")
Will all the server hampsters now get turned into Kimchi? ---
**Author:** ![Tovh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tovh/32/171818_2.png) [@Tovh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tovh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/594 "2018-09-06T13:55:03Z")
Rip Hamster ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Mieyli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jc_mieyli/32/242789_2.png) [@JC\_Mieyli](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/JC_Mieyli)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/595 "2018-09-06T13:55:51Z")
me too with void a lot of void ---
**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, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/596 "2018-09-06T13:56:33Z")
> [@JC\_Mieyli](#): > > maybe you are right about asian business thinking differently tho idk Thereā€™s good reasons why European and US businesses engaged in acquisitions with Asian enterprise as owners tend to wake up one day thinking ā€œwhen did this happen and what on earth is going onā€. @Tipa_Riot pointed out some things earlier. The interesting bit is that most of this has already been happening. If you look at what remains of the old core after the cleanup stuff, and look at the timeline of travels, conferences and departures / announcements ā€¦ itā€™s already in process. Thereā€™s actually a lot of both academic and commercial research available on these things, most often based on real world developments, mergers and acquisitions. As a rule of thumb, no matter what matches where, an acquisition is not a partnership. No matter agreements, money and ownership is king. Control over how interaction defines exposure and thus the adoption of concepts and ideas is not something CCPā€™s CEO is unfamiliar with. On the contrary, he has used it very well when dealing with troubled ventures and times. Asian business mentality is however far more focused on long term application of variables and behaviour. Also, at the heart of it there is a far deeper ingrained segregation between levels of relations, where ownership and money weighs far more than anything else. Itā€™s not going to be a factor for quite a while. And it may only become a factor if CCP Games in their new role and position do not meet targets. This does however insert a lot of pressure variables. So more impetus to bank internally on adopting concepts and mentality of the new owner. On a venture level, which is dominant over the product level. Which is usually (kept) blind to the venture level. Which is required to direct the product level. And while the owner may not set targets for the product level, as such it influences thinking and planning there through the venture level. Ideas are contagious, and as such they can also be contaminants, regardless of what is on paper. In mergers & acquisitions, this is what typically creates the biggest long term changes in terms of eventual consequences. That still doesnā€™t mean EVE will die. On the contrary. But it will change more towards a set direction adopting a set line of thinking with decreasing input from the product level. This isnā€™t new or rocket science. Itā€™s just business. And itā€™s fine. If customers can stomach it, no worries. If they canā€™t, replace them. And most customers are very easy to trick into normalisation over time. Heck, it is stupidly easy to trick people into buying an expensive vacuum cleaner and in spite of not being happy with it still get them to advertise and sell it for you. Look it up, this is a classic study in business, the case of the expensive vacuum cleaner šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Tovh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tovh/32/171818_2.png) [@Tovh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tovh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/597 "2018-09-06T13:56:48Z")
Quake, Large Quake ---
**Author:** ![Alaric\_Faelen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alaric_faelen/32/187278_2.png) [@Alaric\_Faelen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alaric_Faelen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/598 "2018-09-06T13:56:51Z")
Someone remind meā€¦what are Asian game markets most famous for? is it A) fair and balanced game play based on user skill and immersion B) botting, gold farming, and microtransactions ---
**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/599 "2018-09-06T13:57:26Z")
> [@Hazen\_Koraka](#): > > Will all the server hampsters now get turned into Kimchi? Gold hamsters available in NEX soon, install in you warp drive for no TiDi! ---
**Author:** ![Sho\_Riagl\_Khardula](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sho_riagl_khardula/32/292422_2.png) [@Sho\_Riagl\_Khardula](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sho_Riagl_Khardula)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/600 "2018-09-06T13:57:33Z")
> [@Predvodnica\_LSG](#): > > Korean will do it little faster !! What, all on his own? šŸ˜‰ faster != better, in fact it rarely does. ---
**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, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/601 "2018-09-06T13:58:14Z")
> [@lilsteel](#): > > plus 81 new posts It doesnā€™t matter. Thereā€™s no foundation for another Summer of Rage. The stimuli are gone, normalisation is already a big factor, post count in a thread means nothing in inbound community messaging, and itā€™s a segregated and fractured customer community anyways. In other words: there is no input. There is no influence. There is no impact to make. ---
**Author:** ![Rivr\_Luzade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rivr_luzade/32/311061_2.png) [@Rivr\_Luzade](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rivr_Luzade)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/602 "2018-09-06T13:58:40Z")
Ruin EVE a little faster than Hilmar could? Is that supposed to be a good thing? ---
**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, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/603 "2018-09-06T13:59:26Z")
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**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/604 "2018-09-06T13:59:51Z")
> [@Zachri](#): > > Heck, it is stupidly easy to trick people into buying an expensive vacuum cleaner and in spite of not being happy with it still get them to advertise and sell it for you. > > Look it up, this is a classic study in business, the case of the expensive vacuum cleaner šŸ™‚ Or any Apple product šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/605 "2018-09-06T13:59:58Z")
> [@Rivr\_Luzade](#): > > Ruin EVE a little faster than Hilmar could? Is that supposed to be a good thing? I did once say that for EVE to continue functioning as an emergent dynamic it required the introduction of entropy and cataclysm. CCPā€™s answer was to drop that and go F2P. So thereā€™s no cataclysm, no entropy. Thereā€™s no ruining EVE either, just changing it. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=28) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=30)