EVE General Discussion

skins came out in 2015, china subs were up a bit, gun jack came out towrads the end of the year, when the company files its taxes and someone sees that (like they did last year) around may, we will have a decent idea. my guess is they either are stable or increased rev by a bit, and this year with valk coming, injectors and citadels (possibly skins for them int he future) it will be even better.

The rebuild phase is winding down, subs should start to rise as new stuff comes into play.

CCP should be fine

Predicting CCPs future finances is probably not too different than predicting the weather.
No one will actually get it exactly right, though some might be close.

The difference is that you have a whole lot more information to predict the weather.
Trying to predict the future of a company which doesn't report its financials is probably done better with a weegie board, than random player passive aggressive speculation with arm-chair degrees in Finance.

With EvE Valkyrie coming with every occulus rift I'm bullish on ccp.

I forget the part where you seem naive enough to miss the fact ccp upper management signed off copious amounts of eve player subscription cash right down the pan on dust and vampires - and how that has subsequently, and is continuing to affect the eve playerbase in light of recent blatant cash grabs and "exciting new features" which are clearly engineered to milk a cow for all that it might yield while detracting from the core values of the original ethos of Eve to compensate for the aforementioned failures.

But that's not nearly as provocative as claiming they've mysteriously "gone dark", now is it?

I don’t think they would do that... Too much heat from the community. Especially cause they make money off of it (2 plex character transfer fee)

If you think about it, these buggers make money on every front and for every concept.

Why not just do both?

I'm happy to pay a sub. I would not play this game at all if I had to grind for PLEX every month, as I already have a job...

The reason no glaring and definitive result is seen is that there is none to be seen. This means CCP is teetering between red and black. Its black isn't pulling down money hand over fist, and its red isn't an express elevator to the basement.

Since its black is so thin, and red so close by, there's no operating capital available for any major moves. Even developing other ventures can't be achieved without going into debt, or recruiting investment (which is essentially the same thing when you get down to it.)

This explains why any changes are superficial and mechanical tweaks by nature, with no major overhauls requiring payment of highly qualified talent and investment of time and resources.

This is in all likelihood due to the fact the golden age of MMOs has long since been over. Inflation and the accompanying loss of value of currencies world wide make required investments too huge in relation to expected revenue - thus deterring investors. That EVE is alive at all is testimony to its core design value, and in turn its percentage of loyal customers (regardless of what the obvious drop in these has been.)

It's still got a pulse. It's not heading to any Olympic events any time soon.

Excuse me sir, but j noticed you are diverging from the pre-approved narrative here.

Repeat after me: Eve is dying.

Now doesn't that sound much better?

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