# Player Numbers? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875 "2021-09-07T22:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lord\_Kalus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lord_kalus/32/512583_2.png) [@Lord\_Kalus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lord_Kalus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/22 "2021-09-09T04:22:53Z")
> [@L\_gonic\_D\_gingar](#): > > Pearl Abyss is worried about their 350 million purchase of CCP yet? It was $425 million. And I doubt they are. They gained access to an extremely experienced team that knows how to make a game that can milk it’s playerbase for decades. ---
**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 9, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/23 "2021-09-09T06:32:28Z")
> [@Lord\_Kalus](#): > > They gained access to an extremely experienced team that knows how to make a game that can milk it’s playerbase for decades. A team has to consist of more than the Managing Director ---
**Author:** ![Khan\_Auduin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/khan_auduin/32/284841_2.png) [@Khan\_Auduin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Khan_Auduin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/24 "2021-09-09T09:08:03Z")
According to patch notes and development of last 3-5 years: - Massive PR team. - 1 student novice programmer. - Art team. ---
**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 9, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/25 "2021-09-09T09:26:07Z")
How do any of those people > [@Lord\_Kalus](#): > > knows how to make a game that can milk it’s playerbase for decades. And “massive PR team”? Citation very much required ---
**Author:** ![Khan\_Auduin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/khan_auduin/32/284841_2.png) [@Khan\_Auduin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Khan_Auduin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/26 "2021-09-09T10:36:55Z")
I guess you didn’t get the sarcasm 🤣 . ---
**Author:** ![Jamar\_Larkan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jamar_larkan/32/282760_2.png) [@Jamar\_Larkan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jamar_Larkan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/27 "2021-09-09T14:35:47Z")
The Death Rattle of a dying game. ---
**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 9, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/28 "2021-09-09T18:41:28Z")
I thought he was being serious ---
**Author:** ![Xuixien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xuixien/32/416896_2.png) [@Xuixien](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xuixien)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/29 "2021-09-09T22:29:04Z")
> [@L\_gonic\_D\_gingar](#): > > Glad too hear it. Curious why my inquiry upset you so much? Bro, I’m laughing at you. ---
**Author:** ![Jayce\_Fitzpatrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jayce_fitzpatrick/32/383289_2.png) [@Jayce\_Fitzpatrick](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jayce_Fitzpatrick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/30 "2021-09-09T22:40:08Z")
You say you’re laughing, but we all know what is hiding behind that mask. ![cry_mask](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/0/f/f/0fff5fed13917cf8b79d4fcfcfcc045a670b06b4.jpeg) It’s well known, how deeply you care about whether @L_gonic_D_gingar got his Omber or not. ---
**Author:** ![ISD\_Dorrim\_Barstorlode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/isd_dorrim_barstorlode/32/361083_2.png) [@ISD\_Dorrim\_Barstorlode](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ISD_Dorrim_Barstorlode)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/31 "2021-09-10T02:41:00Z")
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**Author:** ![ISD\_Dorrim\_Barstorlode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/isd_dorrim_barstorlode/32/361083_2.png) [@ISD\_Dorrim\_Barstorlode](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ISD_Dorrim_Barstorlode)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/player-numbers/326875/32 "2021-09-10T02:41:08Z")
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