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the crisis in iceland and CCP on dutch TV
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coolzero
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-05-22 20:41:23 UTC
http://nieuwsuur.nl/onderwerp/509679-aanpak-van-de-crisis-op-zn-ijslands.html

sorry part of it is in dutch and i was watching this newcast and all the sudden i see my beloved spacegame on my TV :D

for those intresting can see the video in the link above (tho it only shows a preview not but in a bit of time the whole topic will be on video as the broadcast just finished)
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#2 - 2013-05-22 20:49:40 UTC
Sorry part of it is in dutch? the only thing not in dutch is CCP games and Eve Online.

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coolzero
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-05-22 20:57:34 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Sorry part of it is in dutch? the only thing not in dutch is CCP games and Eve Online.


as i said the ful video isnt up yet.. take a bit longer then usual, what is there atm is a preview
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#4 - 2013-05-22 21:06:47 UTC
All I see is something about cookies. Are they offering cookies to people? Are they taking them away? Did they switch cookie brands?

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coolzero
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-05-22 23:50:57 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
All I see is something about cookies. Are they offering cookies to people? Are they taking them away? Did they switch cookie brands?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

by law in the netherlands websites need to ask permmision to use cookies.


website has the video uploaded and the CCP parts starts around 3:05
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2013-05-22 23:57:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
I don't even see a video to play with the OP linkage at all. Sad

Edit: nvm. It's just buried in the boilerplate on the right.

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#7 - 2013-05-23 00:06:58 UTC
Interesting.
Seeing as the economic recovery plan worked so well, why did the voters give them the boot(.ini)?

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Reiisha
#8 - 2013-05-23 02:40:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Reiisha
Interesting. CCP really is one of the more important economic institutions of the country? Somehow that seems unlikely 0-o

CCP's part is rather small though...

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Meiyang Lee
Game Instrument Applications
#9 - 2013-05-23 14:56:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Meiyang Lee
Reiisha wrote:
Interesting. CCP really is one of the more important economic institutions of the country? Somehow that seems unlikely 0-o

CCP's part is rather small though...


Apart from the Aluminium industry there's not a whole lot of export going on in Iceland (and as such foreign currency coming in).

CCP brings in quite a lot of foreign currency every month, which considering the countries very small population (only around 350,000) is quite a lot of money being brought in at regular intervals. This can be quite an important economic factor, as an influx of more stable foreign currency exchanged for ISK boosts the stability of the Krona (I think that's how it works, but I'm no economist). As such, CCPs steady income from their MMO is quite the boon for Iceland's economy. Especially if quite a bit of that money is then injected back into the economy by investments in hardware, people, etc.

EDIT : Nieuwsuur and CCP missed the opportunity to properly label Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson as the games economist.What?
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#10 - 2013-05-23 16:50:07 UTC
Meiyang Lee wrote:
Reiisha wrote:
Interesting. CCP really is one of the more important economic institutions of the country? Somehow that seems unlikely 0-o

CCP's part is rather small though...


Apart from the Aluminium industry there's not a whole lot of export going on in Iceland (and as such foreign currency coming in).

CCP brings in quite a lot of foreign currency every month, which considering the countries very small population (only around 350,000) is quite a lot of money being brought in at regular intervals. This can be quite an important economic factor, as an influx of more stable foreign currency exchanged for ISK boosts the stability of the Krona (I think that's how it works, but I'm no economist). As such, CCPs steady income from their MMO is quite the boon for Iceland's economy. Especially if quite a bit of that money is then injected back into the economy by investments in hardware, people, etc.

EDIT : Nieuwsuur and CCP missed the opportunity to properly label Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson as the games economist.What?




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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#11 - 2013-05-23 16:59:48 UTC
According to this Business Week article, CCP had $65mil revenue last year and employs 600 people. That's .02% of Iceland's population. An equivalent U.S. company would have 626,000 employees.

Our fun facts from the article:
-A frigate costs less than $1 (in PLEX value)
-A titan costs about $3,200 (in PLEX value)
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#12 - 2013-05-23 17:16:02 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
According to this Business Week article, CCP had $65mil revenue last year and employs 600 people. That's .02% of Iceland's population. An equivalent U.S. company would have 626,000 employees.

That's a pretty damn big employer, relatively-speaking.

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