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Pearl Abyss Sets Up Shop in California to Expand North American Operations - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited December 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imagePearl Abyss Sets Up Shop in California to Expand North American Operations - MMORPG.com News

Black Desert Online developer, Pearl Abyss, has announced that it has set up a new office in Manhattan Beach, California to expand its operations in North America. This is the first branch located in NA and "comes after Pearl Abyss recently announced that the company had acquired CCP Games, the creators of the popular spaceship MMORPG, EVE Online," according to the press announcement.

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  • TorgamaticTorgamatic Member UncommonPosts: 29
    SO they set up shop in the most unfriendly business state in the nation... does not bode well.
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  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    Torgamatic said:
    SO they set up shop in the most unfriendly business state in the nation... does not bode well.
    Sounds like they didn't do their research very well. :o
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  • OhhPaigeyOhhPaigey Member RarePosts: 1,517
    edited December 2018
    They only did it for the legal weed.

    Isn't that why everybody is in Cali?
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  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    OhhPaigey said:
    They only did it for the legal weed.

    Isn't that why everybody is in Cali?
    That would explain a lot.  :p
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,059
    DMKano said:
    Lol as others pointed out - setting up shop in Cali - meantime - every game dev is moving their shop out of Cali...

    In the past - it was "set up shop in a market where there's a lot of developer talent" - makes it easy to hire people. But a ton of talent has left Cali - so not even this holds true anymore.

    I'd suggest Austin, TX - tons of game companies have moved there or have offices there and the game dev market is strong. 

    Also a fraction of the cost of Cali - I know devs that moved from Cali to Texas - took paycuts and still had way more take-home pay and better quality life due to much lower cost of living.


    Well, better than setting up shop in Restin, VA.

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  • anemoanemo Member RarePosts: 1,903
    Torgamatic said:
    SO they set up shop in the most unfriendly business state in the nation... does not bode well.
    Friendliest country for surveillance capitalism and one of the friendliest for loot boxes.   So makes sense.

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  • stayontargetstayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519
    Torgamatic said:
    SO they set up shop in the most unfriendly business state in the nation... does not bode well.
    Last time I checked California has the 7th largest economy in the world.
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  • AlomarAlomar Member RarePosts: 1,299
    Would have meant more, to me, if this was a step taken before the Western release. At this point I'd enjoy the launch version 100x more than where BDO is currently.
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Alomar said:
    Would have meant more, to me, if this was a step taken before the Western release. At this point I'd enjoy the launch version 100x more than where BDO is currently.
    BDO is their own in-house game, but the company also owns EVE Online / CCP so there's that too.


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  • MikehaMikeha Member EpicPosts: 9,196
    edited December 2018
    Pearl Abyss continues to grow and expand because of 1 IP Black Desert which was the their first. Its simply amazing watching this happen from day 1. 

    God Of War is a true masterpiece and the undisputed GOTY made by a Sony gaming studio in California. Microsoft just opened up a new AAA gaming studio "The Initiative" headed by Darl Gallagher in California. 

    Haters keep hating. We will keep playing. B) 

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  • H0urg1assH0urg1ass Member EpicPosts: 2,380
    edited December 2018
    Too bad they had to set up in a shit hole state.  Shoulda come to Austin where everything's still relatively cheap.  Just slightly north of Austin, say in Round Rock, you could buy a goddamn mansion for what you'd pay for a studio apartment Commiefornia.
  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    I live in california, if it wasnt for the weather, this state would have no redeeming qualities.

    But please, dont call it commiefornia, it just shows ignorance
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  • brokeheroinbrokeheroin Member UncommonPosts: 3
    https://www.gamedesigning.org/game-development-studios/

    These California haters gonna hate. Truth hurts.

    LOL Game development moving to Texas? When?
  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    I should add it is a nice open minded area which is important for a minority like myself
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  • TheScavengerTheScavenger Member EpicPosts: 3,321
    edited December 2018
    I should add it is a nice open minded area which is important for a minority like myself
    this is why everyone is hating on california in this thread.

    I myself think its great they are using california, an open minded state that isn't full of despicables.
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  • CleffyCleffy Member RarePosts: 6,414
    San Diego is hamstringed by LA and SF. Although you wouldn't know it, there are about 10 million people in CA who disagree with CA politics. It's just that the state is so big they don't get a voice.
    For instance our desalinization plant was delayed over a decade to get through all the lawsuits. The state still owes San Diego 10s of millions in transportation funding that has been withheld.
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,429
    TheScavenger said:
    I should add it is a nice open minded area which is important for a minority like myself
    this is why everyone is hating on california in this thread.

    I myself think its great they are using california, an open minded state that isn't full of despicables.
    He has done it now, will you guys stop changing your avatars? What was wrong with the vulture? :)
  • patience13patience13 Member UncommonPosts: 15
    Haha even people question where companies stage their regional office. Maybe a korean company would like to hire from bigger NA Koreans in La? Or maybe having an office in LA allows for easier flights between South Korea?

    In short who cares where they stage their office is...
  • TheScavengerTheScavenger Member EpicPosts: 3,321
    Scot said:
    TheScavenger said:
    I should add it is a nice open minded area which is important for a minority like myself
    this is why everyone is hating on california in this thread.

    I myself think its great they are using california, an open minded state that isn't full of despicables.
    He has done it now, will you guys stop changing your avatars? What was wrong with the vulture? :)
    This one? :) I did like it better actually. The spider one was too generic.
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  • AkulasAkulas Member RarePosts: 3,029
    Cool I can send bags of flaming dog poo to their cali office now also

    This isn't a signature, you just think it is.

  • YaevinduskYaevindusk Member RarePosts: 2,094
    t0nyd said:
    SO they set up shop in the most unfriendly business state in the nation... does not bode well.
    Yeah California is the worst, it's unfriendly to business yet it's the fifth largest economy in the world. The largest economy in United States, why would you want to set up shop there. Unfriendly to business, amazing economy, what is not computing here...

    Most equate big cities with the state itself.  When it comes to those locations, it's a fantastic place to live if you're well off.  Though looking more into it, the vast majority of the state has very affordable housing and cost of living, as well as a soon-to-be 15/hr minimum wage and a 100% free health care system if you make something like below 15-20k individually.  The benefits you get from medical are pretty insane; even Amazon gives you 50% off prime if you have it.

    What is something that is questionable from an isolationist or "our nation first" stance is them passing a regulation that allows non-citizens to partake in the free health care system.  It may be the fifth largest economy in the world (larger than most countries just by itself) and support most other states with its income, but that does not quite mean it should just throw money everywhere to fix problems.  Or even enable said problems to begin with.  But that is in conflict with a humanitarian view point and, honestly, I won't say having thoughts regarding either is wrong.

    Honestly, the best places to live in California are republican districts: Super cheap while also having the benefits of a blue state.  The high minimum wage, low cost products and services, free health care and so on.  Kind of the best of both worlds as it also has less of the "Progressive hipster" culture that seems to drive prices up.

    Though that's not me preferring one political stance over the other.  In fact, I don't like the way either party handles itself.  No matter who won the last election, I figured they would be impeached before their term(s) were up.
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  • aummoidaummoid Member UncommonPosts: 82
    A thread full of people wondering why a Korean company would set up a US shop on the West Coast instead of in Texas.

    Here's hoping Pearl Abyss turns it into a success. A company that makes good games is not a bad thing to have around.
  • Asch126Asch126 Member RarePosts: 543
    Well, at least we know where they are for when they finally kill Black Desert.
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