# Dev blog: Black Desert Online makers Pearl Abyss to acquire CCP!

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Gregorius\_Goldstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gregorius_goldstein/32/11133_2.png) [@Gregorius\_Goldstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gregorius_Goldstein)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/1828 "2018-09-07T14:11:00Z")

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> [@An Open Letter to the Citizens of New Eden](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-of-new-eden/104385/1):
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> Pearl Abyss has a history of over monetizing its fan base and this could rapidly become the norm with eve online (

Well, to be fair those players DID pay over and over again, so why would PA not take their money?

Monetizing works very different in Asia and EU/US and we can assume both CCP and PA know about the differences. It’s not like Asian companies dislike monthly subscription fees, it’s only that hardly anyone in Asia would pay those.

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