# 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:** 43
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/880 "2018-09-06T16:51:15Z")
> [@JC\_Mieyli](#): > > why would they make ccp pay 200m of their own bonus The total sale is for 425mil. X part of that is contingent on producing Y revenue over period Z, as bonus. You said the bonus part is 200mill, thus valuing the company at 225mill (as remainder). ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/881 "2018-09-06T16:51:22Z")
> [@ImYourMom](#): > > Until ccp concentrates on bringing in and keeping new players they won’t generate anything. Again: ccp need fresh whealty players not bitter and exhausted veterans. Blizzard done it several times and made loads of money on that. ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/882 "2018-09-06T16:51:44Z")
Also, if all other shares were sold to PA, cashing in his 7% was the smart move. ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/883 "2018-09-06T16:51:52Z")
> [@zluq\_zabaa](#): > > > [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > > > Hilmar sold out and jumped ship. > > Huh? He is still CEO. He sold his stake. He is no longer financially invested in CCP. CCP is now 100% owned by Pearl Abyss. ---
**Author:** ![Mashie\_Saldana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mashie_saldana/32/425194_2.png) [@Mashie\_Saldana](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mashie_Saldana)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/884 "2018-09-06T16:52:34Z")
Congratz to Hilmar for acquiring his 3rd Mansion ---
**Author:** ![Buoytender\_Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/buoytender_bob/32/374377_2.png) [@Buoytender\_Bob](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Buoytender_Bob)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/885 "2018-09-06T16:52:43Z")
I think what really sealed the deal was that Hilmar offered Pearl a treasure map that showed where a Russian cruiser full of gold was sunk off of Iceland’s shores. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/886 "2018-09-06T16:53:16Z")
CODE will have to find something new to do with their time, as high sec will be a fully PvE playground for Level 1-30 pilots, low sec will be consensual PvP only for Levels 31- 50, and null/wh will be full PvP for endgame. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/887 "2018-09-06T16:53:19Z")
> [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](#): > > Also, if all other shares were sold to PA, cashing in his 7% was the smart move. Not only that, they may have required that for the deal to be done. ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/888 "2018-09-06T16:54:24Z")
It would be funny if that was the case as it’s lierally a ‘double your ISK’ scam 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cyber\_God](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cyber_god/32/354827_2.png) [@Cyber\_God](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cyber_God)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/889 "2018-09-06T16:54:25Z")
@Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras I lived in Korea for a year, they really don’t screw around over there from a business perspective. Simply put, if EVE/CCP doesn’t justify its continued existence in hard financial terms, they will not hesitate to make cuts and ultimately shut down the servers. To them business strategies are ruthlessly executed, and EVE is simply asset to be used to accomplish business goals. ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/890 "2018-09-06T16:54:29Z")
My wallet are fat and I am desirable audience in new Eve Online 💵💶💷💴 ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/891 "2018-09-06T16:54:52Z")
> [@zluq\_zabaa](#): > > > [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](#): > > > > Also, if all other shares were sold to PA, cashing in his 7% was the smart move. > > Not only that, they may have required that for the deal to be done. Agreed. Its likely PA wanted 100%, or no deal. ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/892 "2018-09-06T16:55:04Z")
> [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > > [@zluq\_zabaa](#): > > > > > [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > > > > > Hilmar sold out and jumped ship. > > > > Huh? He is still CEO. > > He sold his stake. > He is no longer financially invested in CCP. > > CCP is now 100% owned by Pearl Abyss. The former stakeholders could have been partly paid in shares of PA. Selling his stakes doesn’t mean he suddenly stopped being CEO. The CEO is appointed by board of directors aka shareholders and it would be stupid of PA to exchange him from one day to the other. > [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > Agreed. > > Its likely PA wanted 100%, or no deal. Yeah, that’s what reinforces my assumption that PA isn’t only (possibly not even mainly) after EVE Online revenue. ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/893 "2018-09-06T16:55:27Z")
> [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > X part of that is contingent on producing Y revenue over period Z, as bonus. no producing y over z for a bonus not as a bonus that wouldnt be a bonus that would just be a company making profit on normal terms > [@Salvos\_Rhoska](#): > > You said the bonus part is 200mill, thus valuing the company at 225mill (as remainder). i actually said it was 225 but that figure is irrelevant as it is just a guess basically im saying pa see ccp as being worth 200m to them liquidated but if ccp can reach targets then they can save themselves from liquidation by remaining profitable through their standard operations and if they can do that then they are worth 425m to pa that is how i see things ---
**Author:** ![z0rella\_Zazzmataz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/z0rella_zazzmataz/32/96427_2.png) [@z0rella\_Zazzmataz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/z0rella_Zazzmataz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/894 "2018-09-06T16:56:15Z")
You. You are smart. I want you in my corp. Send my main a mail. See this as a test. It is easy! See? ---
**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, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/895 "2018-09-06T16:56:31Z")
Wow-clone in space will have **wow-profit** in PA pockets and everyone will be happy !!! 💴💷💶💵 ---
**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, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/896 "2018-09-06T16:56:55Z")
Any shareholders were CCP shareholders. PA owes them little consideration, if any at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mevatla\_Vekraspek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mevatla_vekraspek/32/377519_2.png) [@Mevatla\_Vekraspek](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mevatla_Vekraspek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/897 "2018-09-06T16:58:12Z")
My wallet is fat too, but i’m not a victim. ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/898 "2018-09-06T16:58:13Z")
> [@Makavi\_Madeveda](#): > > Any shareholders were CCP shareholders. PA owes them little consideration, if any at all. Were they though? I thought CCP was owned by several investment groups for whom shares in CCP were only a minor part of their portfolio. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Decka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/joseph_decka/32/95033_2.png) [@Joseph\_Decka](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Joseph_Decka)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/899 "2018-09-06T16:58:38Z")
Don’t forget CCP added the mechanic that allows pirates to hang out in High-Sec and gank every new player that happens to fly by. Maybe CCP has just given up and doesn’t want new players. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=42) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=44)