These price changes are a horrible idea.
Not anymore for meā¦
When did CCPs words ever followed action except for finances?
Since starting EVE in 2008, there have been many changes. I have certain physical handicaps which make me a poor PvP player. I have always been aware that Eve is primarily a PvP game, but as a PvE player I did feel welcome. Over the years I have witnessed all kinds of nerfs to the play style I enjoyed very much.
Needle by needle the camel was stressed. The enjoyment has steadily decreased. I no longer feel the value perceived is worth the cost.
I have 4 accounts, currently 3 Alpha 1 Omega. Mostly I subscribe my main, and sometimes subscribe one additional account. The annual sub on my main expires in September and renewal has been cancelled. Though I have limited retirement income, I can afford to pay $40.00 for 2 subs, month by month, or pony up for an annual sub or even 2 annuals.
Point is, my limitations combined with the constant nerfs to my play style no longer return entertainment value. So I will check in from time to time, CCP might make changes in the future I like.
The last few research projects are winding down, then Iāll take a vacation from Eve and spend more time in EQ, Wow, OOTP Baseball, Scourge of war Waterloo, you get the Idea.
My question is why would you want to pay for a year or 2 when they change the game drastically so often. Iām very much in the same boat as you are, but after some of the changes in the last 2 years have pushed me away from the game and to pay more when you enjoy less idk
So, the Q1 #s are out.
If you look on P6, EVEās #s appear to have held more or less steady, with only a tiny loss from 18.4 billion Won to 18.2 billion Won. (The decimals are missing, but previous presentations make it clear.) The good news for CCP is that thatās up from 17.6b KRW from Q1 2021, so an increase of 3.4% year-over-year.
However, as Noizy points outā¦ thatās in Won. In Dollarsā¦ Iāll let him tell it.
Overall, I strongly suggest reading his entire post about the call. He does this every quarter, and itās always good , solid analysis.
Pearl Abyss has reached -80% retracement after the parabolic euphoric rise.
I guess they bought into that during the ālockdown maniaā into online company services.
Still room to fall.
Figure 1: Pearl Abyss monthly data points
Theyāre also still waiting on the release of Crimson Desert, and in kind of a holding pattern until then. The Chinese launch of BDOā¦ kinda flopped.
Sell into the next pump then, it bottoms out after that and that will take a longer time to recover back above the mean unless a unicorn appears that craps gold. Bottoms take much longer to form than a top.
This definitely isnāt going to work at all. Mass cancellations incoming. You guys got a way to monetize from Alpha clones directly? Otherwise this change is an absolute disaster for CCP.
Layoffs incoming, will check again in six months.
They do actually, itās called daily alpha injector
So, house of cards scenario?
addiction is real, aint nobody goin anywhere bruh
Addiction or not. Too lateā¦
Yea.
But is EVE an addiction or a compulsion?
Guess CCP is betting the house to find out.
Ok.
But companies really, really like RMR (Reoccurring Monthly Revenue), which a subscription is.
RMR gives your valuations credence. Like a majority of your expenses, it is cash that you can expect to come in every month to offset the $ flowing out.
Alpha injectors are point sales. Fickle and mercurial. Iām willing to bet that CCP put them in as a gateway to Omega or as a way to monetize whales or people that wonāt subscribe to ANYTHING.
But as a point sale, they donāt pump valuations and are really hard to count in when you go to the bank for a loan or capital line of credit.
Discounted Future Expected Cashflows = Company Current Valuation
Well, the company has at least more value than an altcoinā¦ for now.
The market run is over (check my charts in the Bitcoin topic).
The entire economic mindset is āinflation is goodā so it wonāt be coming back down long term.
but its not, the only thing the FED cares about is inflation and unemployment rate. Also, fixed income/retirees are getting hammered. Not sure many institutions want long term inflation at the current level.