Driving into Hollywood, California, during two severe weather warnings over the weekend, I questioned why I was doing so as I started to crest the San Gabriel mountain range. The cloud cover was so low that I couldn’t see too far ahead of me, while winds and rain pelted the roof of the sedan car as I ate up the miles.
The event I was heading to was meant for players, not necessarily the press. I found myself driving over three hundred miles for what ended up amounting to a four-hour party for players.
Yet, by the time I arrived at Academy LA, the location for Pearl Abyss’ Black Desert Adventurer’s Oasis Anniversary Fiesta, the sky had, thankfully, cleared. And with it, any doubts that I had made a mistake by weathering the storms to get there.
Celebrating its 8th Anniversary here in the West, Black Desert developer and publisher Pearl Abyss put on a party for its players, dubbed Adventurers. While no earth-shattering game announcements were made to tease players with what’s to come, Black Desert was celebrating very meaningful and important milestones with its adventurers — three separate anniversaries in March.
Hitting Milestones
Pearl Abyss announced last week that the MMORPG franchise has racked up 55 million registered users across all platforms. Speaking with Pearl Abyss America CEO Jeonghee “JJ” Jin at the event, I was surprised to learn that the PC version leads the way, with Mobile either on par or shortly behind. Though this does make some sense in that the PC version was the first to release in Korea 10 years ago, and it’s the version that leads the development (it’s also important to note that the Mobile version of Black Desert is a wholly separate game).
Alongside the 8th anniversary of the MMO on PC in the West, March is also a month celebrating Console milestones. Five years ago, Black Desert Console launched on Xbox One, while four years ago we saw the introduction of cross play with the Xbox and PlayStation servers.
As a result, the MMO has brought in $2.2 billion USD in revenue in this time, which is huge for the Korean developer, especially since the “live services” genre of games have only exploded since then, with more games trying to edge out others for a piece of a consumer’s wallet.
Yet, despite these impressive numbers, Black Desert’s developers don’t seem keen to just rest on their laurels. Speaking with JJ, she feels that there is still room to grow and reach players, especially younger ones who might not have the rose-tinted glasses many of us wear about the MMORPG genre, purely because they haven’t been as exposed to pure MMORPGs.
“I think for, you know, ‘seasoned’ game players in their 30s [or] 40s, MMORPGs are more of an established genre. I think, actually, for younger
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