With Crimson Desert bouncing back from a shaky launch, Pearl Abyss’s investors have been caught between a plunge in its stock price over poor critical responses to the ambitious open world title, and a sudden upsurge post some much-needed fixes.
Indeed, the game has managed some pretty impressive sales numbers over the past few days since its release, and the release of timely updates is sure to have helped onboard new players with the gameplay loop’s teething troubles being addressed. While Pearl Abyss has already promised further refinements to Crimson Desert’s controls, there are also other valid criticisms that it might be interested in addressing sooner rather than later.
As for the investor response to its lackluster release, that might be more common than you might think, according to a tweet from Dr Serkan Toto, the CEO of a Japan-based game industry consultancy called Kantan Games.
“Now, investors are having a “Whoopsie” moment and are currently sending the Pearl Abyss stock +27.76% up…Happens in Asian markets all the time with game stocks.”
While Crimson Desert has managed to reverse its fortunes for the moment, sustaining that forward momentum is the need of the hour if the game is to join the all-time greats in a genre where it has a lot of competition. However, as it is in Pywel, the journey could be more fun than the destination.
