# NEWS (r/Eve) "Pearl Abyss puts 'EVE Online' CCP up for sale... Full-scale-sale is underway." **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567 "2025-06-19T08:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/1 "2025-06-19T08:18:32Z")
`Pearl Abyss puts 'EVE Online' CCP up for sale... Full-scale-sale is underway.` :psyccp: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1lf2q8g/pearl\_abyss\_puts\_eve\_online\_ccp\_up\_for\_sale/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1lf2q8g/pearl_abyss_puts_eve_online_ccp_up_for_sale/) 🤔 * * * # UPDATE [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1lg9ub2/exclusive\_pearl\_abyss\_issues\_statement\_on\_ccp/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1lg9ub2/exclusive_pearl_abyss_issues_statement_on_ccp/) > EXCLUSIVE: Pearl Abyss Issues Statement On CCP Games Sales Rumors Details in the linked r/Eve thread. Current top comment: > Yeah my previous company said they had no plans to sell and then a week later announced a sale that was in progress for months. > > This means nothing. 🤔 Also a new article regarding the original subject citing the original source just for reference: > **[Eve Online developers CCP are being sold off, according to reports](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/eve-online-developers-ccp-are-being-sold-off-according-to-reports)** > > The makers of the world's biggest space MMO are on the market, claim South Korean sources. ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/2 "2025-06-19T08:25:11Z")
even pearl abyss are done with ccp mismanagement of the game ---
**Author:** ![Gealbhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gealbhan/32/452651_2.png) [@Gealbhan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gealbhan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/3 "2025-06-19T08:28:26Z")
Buyers remorse? ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/4 "2025-06-19T09:10:42Z")
Let’s start a Kickstarter to buy out CCP. It can’t be worth the 450M from the purchase from years ago any more. ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/5 "2025-06-19T09:33:38Z")
you need to bribe hilmar first so that he can leave CEO for good; otherwise he will just continue with his failure project ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/6 "2025-06-19T09:38:22Z")
> [@Dyver\_Phycad](#): > > Kickstarter Inb4 Bakster / Swing / another of their kind and a rich friend buys CCP then makes hisec 100% safe. 🤔 :psyccp: 😈 ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/515700_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/7 "2025-06-19T09:43:19Z")
> [@Dyver\_Phycad](#): > > It can’t be worth the 450M from the purchase from years ago any more. What?! Where are you getting 450 M? I am told it was bought for 250 billion won, which comes to $182 M USD or 158 M Euros. Who do you think will buy it? Better yet, who would you want to buy it? I am betting on Embracer Group or Nintendo. I know, I am so evil. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/8 "2025-06-19T09:46:15Z")
> [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > Where are you getting 450 M? Macbe here or other article: > **[Fenris Creations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games)** > > Fenris Creations (originally Loki and formerly known as CCP Games which was short for Crowd Control Productions), is an Icelandic video game developer based in Reykjavík. Novator Partners and General Catalyst had previously collectively owned a majority stake in the company, and in September 2018, CCP was acquired by South Korean video game publisher Pearl Abyss for US$225 million. It was sold back to its management on 1 May 2026, for US$120 million. Fenris Creations is best known for devel Fen... 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![DeMichelle\_Geniale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/demichelle_geniale/32/450875_2.png) [@DeMichelle\_Geniale](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DeMichelle_Geniale)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/9 "2025-06-19T09:54:19Z")
> [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](#): > > Pearl Abyss puts ‘EVE Online’ CCP up for sale I hope the company that buys it will want the whole mission system redone. ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/515700_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/10 "2025-06-19T09:54:52Z")
> **[\[단독\]펄어비스, '이브 온라인' CCP 매물로 내놔...매각 본격 추진](https://news.mtn.co.kr/news-detail/2025061910371430049)** > > 펄어비스가 '이브 온라인'을 개발한 자회사 CCP를 시장에 매물로 내놓고 매각을 추진하고 있다. CCP가 '이브 온라인'을 통해 확보한 팬층, 모바일 플랫폼 확장을 기대하고 2500억원에 인수했으나 당초 기대에 못 미친 것이 원인으로 풀이된다. 19일 머니투데이방송MTN 취재에 따르면 펄어비스와 CCP는 CCP 매각을 위해 주간사를 선정하고 복수의 게임사에 인수 의향을 타진하고 있다.CCP는 아이슬란드 레이캬비크에 본사를 둔 게임사다.... I read on this page; (translated paragraph) Pearl Abyss is selling CCP, the subsidiary that developed ‘Eve Online’, by putting it up for sale on the market. The reason is that CCP acquired for **250 billion won** in anticipation of expanding the fan base and mobile platform gained through EVE Online, but it fell short of original expectations. Bad translations? Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/11 "2025-06-19T10:00:16Z")
> [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > Bad translations? No idea as I don’t know Korean so can only use the same translator as you did. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/12 "2025-06-19T10:01:45Z")
I’d first comment that this “news” appears to be taken from a less-than-official Korean gaming rumour news site. The numbers mentioned don’t appear to jive with PA’s own published finances and reports about CCP. Although of course, with modern companies there’s always financial skullduggery to consider. So I’d take all this with more than a few grains of salt until there’s something more solid than what might be the Korean version of “The National Enquire” to go on. > [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > What?! Where are you getting 450 M? The deal as published included a ‘base amount’ plus “performance incentives” for goals to be achieved by CCP. It’s been a while but I think it was something like $250 million plus another $175 million in ‘incentive goals’. Other articles along the way mentioned that CCP achieved none of the performance goals, so CCP was acquired for the base amount. It’s not uncommon for business buyouts to be advertised this way, in order to make both companies appear more valuable. (Note this is all from memory as I CBA to dig up links for more CCP mismanagement. Numbers may be off but those are the ballpark ranges.) > [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](#): > > you need to bribe hilmar first so that he can leave CEO for good; otherwise he will just continue with his failure project I think this would have to be the key in any transfer. Getting rid of the fossilized management and design team with their institutional incompetence and detachment from the realities of the game. CCP desperately needs a team with vision and the ability both to envision and execute a future for EVE. A future based on more than another round of Hilmar/Berger/Rattati “corpspeak” vaporware and “we’re **super-excited** to announce well, not much, but hey it’s better than nothing!” dev-blogs. Note: I sometimes give pretty harsh critiques of CCP management. Calling for someone to be fired or retired is pretty harsh criticism, after all. Just to be clear: I think the team at CCP are nice and fun and interesting people. I think Hilmar may not be the CEO this game needs, but he’s done hella work over the years keeping the whole thing afloat when many other game devs failed along the way. I just think they’ve lost the true creative and coding skills that CCP needs, but they’re in too comfortable a rut and too “ivory tower” a mindset to take EVE (or any other game, frankly) in the directions it needs to go. EVE needs and deserves a team with fresh skills and fresh ideas, IMO. If a buyout was to happen, I’d hope that would be part of the changes. But for now, waiting for something a little more official to come along. ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/515700_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/13 "2025-06-19T10:02:09Z")
> [@DeMichelle\_Geniale](#): > > I hope the company that buys it will want the whole mission system redone. If Konami gets it, Eve will be a Pachinko machine. If Zynga buys it, Eve Farmville. Something like that would be different. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/14 "2025-06-19T10:04:22Z")
> [@Kezrai\_Charzai](#): > > with more than a few grains of salt As with any news on the internet. Still worth discussing though, even if just entertaining the idea for the sake of it (as a form of fiction). ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/516281_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/15 "2025-06-19T10:05:24Z")
Well done, Gankers! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/515700_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/16 "2025-06-19T10:16:30Z")
This news article is in English and states 180 million for the price tag. > **[Pearl Abyss Reportedly Looking to Sell CCP Games](https://kekbur.net/industry-news/pearl-abyss-looking-to-sell-ccp-games/)** > > Korean media reports that Pearl Abyss is preparing to sell CCP Games, developer of EVE Online, here's what that could mean for the game's future. I found nothing mentioned by PA on their news. I guess we will know more as time passes. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/17 "2025-06-19T10:31:32Z")
> [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > This news article is in English and states [https://venturebeat.com/games/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/) > **[Eve Online studio CCP acquired by Pearl Abyss](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eve-online-studio-ccp-acquired-by-pearl-abyss)** > > CCP Games has agreed to be acquired by South Korea-based games studio Pearl Abyss for $425 million. > **[EVE Online Developer Bought by South Korea's Pearl Abyss - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/06/eve-online-developer-bought-by-south-koreas-pearl-abyss)** > > The $425 million buyout is down to "synergy"between their "cultures and backgrounds and DNA." > **[Blimey, Eve Online maker CCP has been bought by Black Desert Online maker...](https://www.eurogamer.net/blimey-eve-online-maker-ccp-has-been-bought-by-black-desert-online-maker-pearl-abyss)** > > Charismatic Icelandic developer CCP, maker of Eve Online, has been acquired by the South Korean maker of Black Desert O… > Charismatic Icelandic developer CCP, maker of Eve Online, has been acquired by the South Korean maker of Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss, in a deal [reportedly](https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/06/black-desert-online-creator-pearl-abyss-acquires-eve-online-maker-ccp-games-for-425-million/) worth $425m. Anyway these are from the first page of search results. Don’t have the time to check each and every of them what source they use or if they cite one but this was my experience back then for the amount of money mentioned all over the related articles and discussions… whatever it’s worth. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Swing\_Vote1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/swing_vote1/32/461282_2.png) [@Swing\_Vote1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Swing_Vote1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/18 "2025-06-19T11:17:44Z")
The Reddit thread you shared is misleading. Pearl Abyss **does not currently have CCP for sale** —quite the opposite: they **acquired CCP Games back in September 2018** for approximately $425 million and have owned it ever since ([pearlabyss.com](https://www.pearlabyss.com/en-US/Board/Detail?_boardNo=187&utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pearl Abyss Acquires CCP Games, Makers of EVE Online - 펄어비스"), [venturebeat.com](https://venturebeat.com/games/ceo-robin-jung-tells-why-pearl-abyss-bought-eve-online-maker/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "CEO Robin Jung tells why Pearl Abyss bought Eve Online maker")). Here’s the breakdown: - **Pearl Abyss acquisition** : In September 2018, Pearl Abyss (makers of _Black Desert Online_) bought CCP Games (makers of _EVE Online_) for about $425M; the deal closed in October 2018 ([pearlabyss.com](https://www.pearlabyss.com/en-US/Board/Detail?_boardNo=187&utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pearl Abyss Acquires CCP Games, Makers of EVE Online - 펄어비스")). - **CCP remains operational** : Post-acquisition, CCP continued running independently, still operating studios in Reykjavík, London, and Shanghai ([eveonline.com](https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Black Desert Online makers Pearl Abyss to acquire CCP!")). - **Current status** : As of now, CCP is still a subsidiary of Pearl Abyss, with no credible reports indicating that Pearl is selling again ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games?utm_source=chatgpt.com "CCP Games")). The Reddit link is from today, but it’s either a troll, a joke, or misinformation. If there ever were a genuine buyout on the table, major gaming news outlets (e.g., Polygon, Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz) and official channels would report it—but there’s nothing. So no, Pearl Abyss hasn’t put CCP up for sale. > “Pearl Abyss puts ‘EVE Online’ CCP up for sale… Full‑scale‑sale is underway.” That’s clearly just baseless speculation or trolling—but nothing supports it in reality ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/1lf2q8g/pearl_abyss_puts_eve_online_ccp_up_for_sale/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pearl Abyss puts 'EVE Online' CCP up for sale... Full-scale ... - Reddit")). **Bottom line** : That thread is false. CCP remains wholly owned by Pearl Abyss, and there’s no credible information suggesting they’re selling. ---
**Author:** ![Swing\_Vote1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/swing_vote1/32/461282_2.png) [@Swing\_Vote1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Swing_Vote1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/19 "2025-06-19T11:18:05Z")
You guys are really dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567/20 "2025-06-19T11:21:34Z")
> [@Kezrai\_Charzai](#): > > I think Hilmar may not be the CEO this game needs, but he’s done hella work over the years keeping the whole thing afloat when many other game devs failed along the way. I think, EVE for the last 13 years is afloat NOT BECAUSE of him, but IN SPITE of him and his fantasies. The stuff he says and demands (the few insane things that trickle through the corporate NDA wall, like the Monocle Disaster) could have sunk EVE many times over. > [@Kezrai\_Charzai](#): > > EVE needs and deserves a team with fresh skills and fresh ideas, I also do not believe at all that this is in any way good for EVE. Any fresh ideas and fresh skills have only resulted in an ever worse experience in EVE. Distributed servers have made EVE more unstable and unpredictable, new PVE paradigms are boring, grindy skinner boxes instead of interesting experiences. Fresh ideas also resulted in special rules for events where you are not allowed to drag away NPCs from the warpin of event sites (Fozzy about the Gate Construction event sites). Fresh ideas also resulted in pop locked sites that granted you complete immunity from interactions in low sec with hostiles if you manged to get enough chars inside yourself. Fresh ideas also resulted in overmonetized, poorly developed features like SKINR, structures skins, macro instead of micro transactions, coercive Omega ads for newbs, ships for sale for RL money and so on. Fresh skills also resulted in Rorquals, the wrecking of the economy and the even deeper wrecking of it to “fix it”. Fresh devs also gave us promises like dynamic mineral distribution that has been all but canceled (would have been a disaster anyway, based on CCP’s track record for handeling things like that) and instead we got more static resource sites. Don’t get me started on the UI, which was an absolutely based fresh idea at the time and quickly turned into a nightmare for players and CCP alike (for CCP, judging by their poor UI/UX quality of newa features ever since despite boastful statements that Photon would make everything better, easier, more streamlined for them). Fresh developers have the worst ideas about how EVE should be and it shows time and again. [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/news-r-eve-pearl-abyss-puts-eve-online-ccp-up-for-sale-full-scale-sale-is-underway/490567.md?page=2)