# 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:** 77
**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 7, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1576 "2018-09-07T10:04:52Z")
> [@Rivr\_Luzade](#): > > There will only be EVE Farmville Online. That is part of PA plan, bring in garisson/housing/farmville elements in Eve Online, Farmville type games in Asia are huge source of revenue, same stuff you have in BDO. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1577 "2018-09-07T10:07:47Z")
So no adventures, just mining and ratting? Thats really REALLY depressing. ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1578 "2018-09-07T10:08:24Z")
Read my lips: WiS is BACK ---
**Author:** ![vengance\_unlimited](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vengance_unlimited/32/156229_2.png) [@vengance\_unlimited](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/vengance_unlimited)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1579 "2018-09-07T10:11:05Z")
sold out …retirement beckons ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1580 "2018-09-07T10:12:07Z")
My guess at the first game change: Acceleration gate co-ordinates you can buy keys for to get to instanced PvE. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1581 "2018-09-07T10:12:34Z")
Isnt that the Abyss? ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1582 "2018-09-07T10:13:20Z")
> [@Smuff\_Gallente](#): > > Before PA bought the company it will just be a lot less now Khm… PA already bought 100% of ccp. ---
**Author:** ![vengance\_unlimited](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vengance_unlimited/32/156229_2.png) [@vengance\_unlimited](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/vengance_unlimited)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1583 "2018-09-07T10:14:33Z")
thank god i didnt buy another years sub ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1584 "2018-09-07T10:17:53Z")
> [@Tlatek](#): > > What I’m more concerned about is the half-assed way it was implemented rather than the RNG itself. The modules are hard to trade and don’t even properly show in kill mails. It really looks like a feature someone requested and they had to implement at the last moment doing whatever they could to just ship it. It was not intended for use, it was just a test. ---
**Author:** ![900V](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/900v/32/137214_2.png) [@900V](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/900V)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1585 "2018-09-07T10:19:25Z")
> [@Dimitri\_Morvaine](#): > > If alpha goes away, this game is going to be a thing of the past. Alpha has been a thing of EVE since the beginning. There are even players who have played EVE for a long time, and have never been Omega, and they do not feel bad about never being Omega. Are you braindead? Eve didnt have alpha rom start. Your facts are crap do not spread mis informations ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1586 "2018-09-07T10:21:15Z")
> [@Tavin\_Aikisen](#): > > If I knew EVE was to sell out We talked about it since the last funfest when it became apparent, only nobody wanted to hear us. ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1587 "2018-09-07T10:22:05Z")
It’s almost as if the abyss was something they could point at and say ‘See, we can do it this way’, except it’ll be deadspace behind a locked acceleration gate with no known exit point. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1588 "2018-09-07T10:22:52Z")
Yeah. Well they dont even need that. Just sell Filaments directly and its all set up. ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1589 "2018-09-07T10:26:28Z")
PvE players want no risk of gank on exit though. It’ll be a very difficult balancing act to introduce this kind of thing though, and I really hope they don’t. It depends on whether PA want a more diverse portfolio of games in the long run, or are happy with turning everything into generic p2w mmos ---
**Author:** ![Tipa\_Riot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tipa_riot/32/443513_2.png) [@Tipa\_Riot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tipa_Riot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1590 "2018-09-07T10:28:37Z")
> [@Whitehound](#): > > I highly doubt CCP will change EVE Online. They’ve stated that they will remain independent. Not much else to say. What CCP or Hilmar say is irrelevant, this is just the usual motivation/marketing spin. Just read what the new boss is saying about the future, and you will get a more realistic picture. > **[CEO Robin Jung tells why Pearl Abyss bought Eve Online maker](https://venturebeat.com/games/ceo-robin-jung-tells-why-pearl-abyss-bought-eve-online-maker/)** > > Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Pearl Abyss, the maker of Black Desert Online, has agreed to buy Eve Online maker CCP for $425 million. The move is a big... ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1591 "2018-09-07T10:28:50Z")
You think they will actually turn the Suspect Flagging back on? I doubt it. I didnt want to agree with the Doom Patrol, but after looking at BDO, I feel very pessamistic about EvE even being recognisable as a game in a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Choking\_Coyote](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/choking_coyote/32/83337_2.png) [@Choking\_Coyote](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Choking_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1592 "2018-09-07T10:39:13Z")
> [@JC\_Mieyli](#): > > > [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](#): > > > > Company A, can acquire Company B, but Company B can still be fully independant of Company A. > > but if company a says charge money and change your business dynamic then that means they gotta do it That’s usually the way it goes is it? - Company A acquires company B because company B has got expertise in a certain area company A is missing. - After the acquisition, company A decides that company B operates in a different way company A is used to and instructs company B to change it’s method of operation to bring it in line with those of company A. - The new method of operation company B is employing naturally has a detrimental effect on company B’s customer satisfaction, etc, etc, etc… I’ve gone trough a few acquisitions like that in my career and almost all of them have ended in tears with company B either being a shadow of it’s former self (best case scenario) or closing down altogether (worst case scenario). I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this acquisition is not the beginning of the end for Eve O, but I’m not very optimistic. ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1593 "2018-09-07T10:39:20Z")
I read it… and well he states that they let CCP handle EVE how they want. They dont want to make any changes but want to learn how to maintain a community in the west, because right now they don’t seem to get it, that their Asian marketing doesn’t work over here. (Cash shops)… Also he said he wants joint development of new projects… I could only find one point which could be effecting eve and that was the: “We want to further out market growth with eve online. We have plans that we cannot share at this point in time”. Sounds like they want to get more people to play eve, i guess either a korean server or investment in gameplay enhancements… but a cash shop wouldn’t help them ^^ so i guess they know they cant do that kind of stuff ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1594 "2018-09-07T10:39:44Z")
FYI: still fishing near Heidel 😂 ---
**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 7, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1595 "2018-09-07T10:44:05Z")
It really depends on if they want to have two different markets. I wouldn’t be surprised if they expanded EvE by cloning BDO to quickly create WiS and Planetary conquest games. This could be done without touching core EvE by using planetside currency instead of ISK for items. Of course, I’d be less surprised if they just milk the existing game, but I wasborn with cynicism trained to level V. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=76) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942.md?page=78)