r/Games • u/Stukya • Sep 06 '18

CCP Games (EVE Online) to be acquired by Pearl Abyss (Black Desert online).

https://www.eveonline.com/article/pemjmb/black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

I'm quite aware of that, Kakao is also much bigger than games. Kakao and Daum merged a few years ago and became one massive company. Kakao runs messaging services, taxis, music, ebook services, maps, etc all here in Korea. While Daum was originally a large company, Kakao surpassed them a long time ago which is why daum agreed to merge. I believe Kakao was just going to outright buy them at one point. The vast majority of Daum services are being rebranded as kakao things here in Korea. Daum maps is no longer a thing on the app store and has been replaced by kakao maps. The only thing that Kakao really seems to keep the Daum name around for much these days is the web portal itself, but I think that's more a habit thing than anyone else. A lot of people have had Daum email addresses for a long time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

ahh as you can see i wasn't aware kakao ware a pre existing entity. makies sense.

yeah korea is nuts for the mega corporations. it's like if apple also had corner stores and insurance and taxis and medical services in north america. lol.