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

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp/103942/980 "2018-09-06T18:08:49Z")

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I do believe I called this in September of last year:

> [@I see how it is CCP, your new way of Making $$$](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-see-how-it-is-ccp-your-new-way-of-making/25084/3):
>
> Unfortunately, every game is headed towards micro-transactions and “free to play”, even the once-great, subscription-only EVE. Give it a couple more years and it will be no more than a sparsely populated Korean MMO grindfest full of nothing but bots…

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