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Posted - 2014.04.17 22:22:00 -
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Pr0phetzReck0ning wrote:Recently read an article that reported CCP lost about 21 million USD in fiscal 2013. What does this mean for the future of EVE/Dust??
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Nothing. Most businesses make a 'loss', CCP has been developing eve, dust, they've spent on the startup for Valkyrie (things like this cost money), they're potentially working on an eve tv series and in order to do that they've been doing a collection of player stories as comics with dark horse (I believe).
a 21m loss in 2013 doesn't mean crap - it will only mean something when they've had that loss for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.... and even then it probably won't mean anything if they're successful with the things that they've made in those years. You don't grow a business without spending money.
Watch a few shows about how businesses actually run and you'd realize that numbers like this can be obfuscated so much that they mean *nothing*.
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Posted - 2014.04.17 22:33:00 -
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Delta 749 wrote:Listen to those people talking about R&D costs, they know whats up
I mean of course losing a little money is fine if its on R&D, it doesnt mean the company is having some trouble
Just like cancelling projects and firing employees isnt a bad sign
Nope, CCP knows what its doing and if you dont agree you are just stupid, yeah thats it
Ok serious time, 21 mil is nothing that should be scoffed at losing especially considering their recent cutbacks and things looking potentially shaky for their future projects IE Oculus getting bought by Facebook turning a lot of people away from it meaning Valkyries potential player base and profit numbers going down before its even released
Companies can stay afloat just fine while making a 'loss' every quarter if they're throwing what they made into developing new projects, properties and hiring more staff. If they're working under a parent company they get investment money from there and it can take quite a bit of time to see monetary returns on investments.
Screaming about how doomed the company is when you (seemingly) have no legitimate understanding of how businesses operate is just idiotic. A 21 million loss means they spent money on projects, R&D, properties, and potentially cancelled things that were stuck in development hell.
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Posted - 2014.04.17 22:58:00 -
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Pr0phetzReck0ning wrote:steadyhand amarr wrote:Pr0phetzReck0ning wrote:*yawns* attempting to show not bothered but repeated posting of pretending to be bored shows classic over compensating Its my thread.. i can post whatever I want on it lol. Even me yawning :-P
At this point you're just attempting to stir the ****.
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Posted - 2014.04.18 02:24:00 -
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The Robot Devil wrote:I wouldn't be worried about it until it happens about 5 years in a row. There are hundreds of reasons for the loss and they don't always mean they lost real money.
Like when the Government says they aren't going to increase spending by 2% this year and every who doesn't like it says they cut funding by 2%. Same type of deal.
Actually, even if it happens five years in a row it still doesn't necessarily mean anything, as they could be throwing more money than they 'have' into 'growth' which would mean there's investors.
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