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Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
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Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#1 - 2017-06-20 21:04:16 UTC
Just speculation, especially with the 'f2p' (soft) model CCP introduced.

What is everyone's thoughts on this?

I hope it is not the case though.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#2 - 2017-06-20 21:07:05 UTC
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool
Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#3 - 2017-06-20 21:20:33 UTC
Mr Epeen wrote:
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool


I've heard rumors...

Wish I had that kind of cash
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#4 - 2017-06-20 21:24:23 UTC
eve is so woven into everything CCP does, it would make more sense that CCP would sell CCP and not Eve.

@ChainsawPlankto on twitter
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#5 - 2017-06-20 21:25:26 UTC
Hopefully if it all goes to hell in a handbasket we can get to keep a playable game to keep, but I don't think eve is dead or near it anytime soon.
Dinsdale Pirannha
Pirannha Corp
#6 - 2017-06-20 21:25:33 UTC
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool


I've heard rumors...

Wish I had that kind of cash


You "only" need about 100 million U.S. to buy controlling interest.
It is doubtful the valuation of the company is over 200 million U.S.

If I had the cash, it would be worth it just to have the null sec cartels wake up one say after DT to see every asset in a corp hangar, every ISK in a corp wallet, emptied out, and I would say HFTU.

But before that, harden every access point to the internet, do everything possible to protect against the inevitable DDOS and hacks.
Desmios Sanguis
10th Crusade
#7 - 2017-06-20 21:52:32 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool


I've heard rumors...

Wish I had that kind of cash


You "only" need about 100 million U.S. to buy controlling interest.
It is doubtful the valuation of the company is over 200 million U.S.

If I had the cash, it would be worth it just to have the null sec cartels wake up one say after DT to see every asset in a corp hangar, every ISK in a corp wallet, emptied out, and I would say HFTU.

But before that, harden every access point to the internet, do everything possible to protect against the inevitable DDOS and hacks.


I lol'd at the HFTU nullsec cartel crash
Cypherous
Liberty Rogues
Aprilon Dynasty
#8 - 2017-06-20 22:10:13 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool


I've heard rumors...

Wish I had that kind of cash


You "only" need about 100 million U.S. to buy controlling interest.
It is doubtful the valuation of the company is over 200 million U.S.

If I had the cash, it would be worth it just to have the null sec cartels wake up one say after DT to see every asset in a corp hangar, every ISK in a corp wallet, emptied out, and I would say HFTU.

But before that, harden every access point to the internet, do everything possible to protect against the inevitable DDOS and hacks.


So you would pay 200mil just to literally kill the game? :P

Yeah i don't think that would work
Kitsune Rei
Tastes Like Purple
#9 - 2017-06-20 22:23:14 UTC
Cypherous wrote:
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
Desmios Sanguis wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:
Quote:
Is CCP looking for a buyer for Eve Online?
Why?

Got some spare change burning a hole in your pocket?

Mr Epeen Cool


I've heard rumors...

Wish I had that kind of cash


You "only" need about 100 million U.S. to buy controlling interest.
It is doubtful the valuation of the company is over 200 million U.S.

If I had the cash, it would be worth it just to have the null sec cartels wake up one say after DT to see every asset in a corp hangar, every ISK in a corp wallet, emptied out, and I would say HFTU.

But before that, harden every access point to the internet, do everything possible to protect against the inevitable DDOS and hacks.


So you would pay 200mil just to literally kill the game? :P

Yeah i don't think that would work


He's not doing to kill the game. He's doing it to kill their game.
Cypherous
Liberty Rogues
Aprilon Dynasty
#10 - 2017-06-20 22:39:42 UTC
Kitsune Rei wrote:
Cypherous wrote:


So you would pay 200mil just to literally kill the game? :P

Yeah i don't think that would work


He's not doing to kill the game. He's doing it to kill their game.



Which will, by extension, kill off the rest of the game, you think this won't have knock on effects? :P
Sky Marshal
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2017-06-20 22:44:26 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha
Pirannha Corp
#12 - 2017-06-21 00:49:12 UTC
Sky Marshal wrote:
I remember I read something about this subject... There :

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/eve-online-owners-said-to-weigh-game-maker-sale-after-approaches


Yeah, read that story when it came out, and laughed and laughed at the valuation.
2016 post tax earnings for CCP were 21M US , a record.

So if you assume a 10:1 ratio for earnings to value, you are looking at 210 M.
And given those profits were an all time high.....
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#13 - 2017-06-21 03:36:22 UTC
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
Sky Marshal wrote:
I remember I read something about this subject... There :

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/eve-online-owners-said-to-weigh-game-maker-sale-after-approaches


Yeah, read that story when it came out, and laughed and laughed at the valuation.
2016 post tax earnings for CCP were 21M US , a record.

So if you assume a 10:1 ratio for earnings to value, you are looking at 210 M.
And given those profits were an all time high.....

woah, post tax earnings in a tech company, surely they are worth at least a billion!

@ChainsawPlankto on twitter
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#14 - 2017-06-21 06:41:58 UTC
Maybe they even had a buyer, but then halfthru the negotiations Hilmar walked in and said to the guy who negotiated for CCP "you have no balls", and cranked up the sell value. Maybe that is why we did not hear about it more.

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Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2017-06-21 07:23:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Yebo Lakatosh
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
You "only" need about 100 million U.S. to buy controlling interest.
It is doubtful the valuation of the company is over 200 million U.S.

If I had the cash, it would be worth it just to have the null sec cartels wake up one say after DT to see every asset in a corp hangar, every ISK in a corp wallet, emptied out, and I would say HFTU.
There, it's confirmed. EvE is pay to win beyond doubt.

Now start grinding 'bear, wanna' see your plan in action!

Also, if you send me a million bux, I send it back 10 times!

Elite F1 pilot since YC119, incarnate of honor, integrity and tidi.
Trevor Dalech
Nobody in Local
Of Sound Mind
#16 - 2017-06-21 08:13:59 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
Maybe they even had a buyer, but then halfthru the negotiations Hilmar walked in and said to the guy who negotiated for CCP "you have no balls", and cranked up the sell value. Maybe that is why we did not hear about it more.


It's the Viking way of negotiating.
Aedaxus
Ascendance
Goonswarm Federation
#17 - 2017-06-21 13:01:50 UTC
No, you got wrong and it the other way around. An investor is interested in getting a bigger part of EVE to steer it in a certain direction. Probably trying to get a better profit margin. You might not like it but you won't be able to change it. Unless you ask God for a nerf, the rich guys are grabbing more of the players money like a bunch of nullsec carebears. And yes, you could skill and arm yourself but you know how it goes in EVE... :P
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#18 - 2017-06-21 13:15:50 UTC
What f2p model there is sub that is the default state and there is trial. Roll

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude