The Financial Report 2014 from CCP looks anything but rosy. The company CCP keeps the EVE Online universe running. In 2014, it struggled with a revenue loss of 10.6 percent to 68.6 million US dollars. What is the reason for this?
EVE Online could be better, but brings losses
It’s been a long time since exact player numbers of EVE Online were reported by the Icelandic game developer CCP. There are indications that today rarely up to 50,000+ players are online. A few years ago, this was still regular.
However, EVE Online is not the only problem child; on the contrary: According to the assessment of a blogger who has been dealing with CCP’s financial reports for years, the revenues are at least to be considered solid or even good. Although development costs have risen due to faster content supply, the losses are attributed to other games.
DUST 514, the free console shooter linked with New Eden, led to write-offs after a detailed analysis of the CCP Financial Report 2014. Additionally, the canceled MMO World of Darkness is still being dealt with due to restructuring. The studio responsible for it had to close last year. This already led to revenue losses at CCP in the first half of 2014. Throughout the whole year, Dust and World of Darkness reportedly caused 30 million dollars in costs.
One can only hope that CCP manages to turn things around and that there are no further losses in the coming years. The developer studio is focusing on the future primarily on virtual reality, into which it has been investing heavily for years. If all goes well, it could establish itself as a pioneer here and celebrate a successful comeback. First footage from EVE: Valkyrie looks promising.
