Not only players, but also investors were waiting for the announcement of the release date or demo version from the developers of Crimson Desert. And many were disappointed, since the Pearl Abyss company only published a new trailer and opened the game pages in Steam, PlayStation Store And Xbox Store. The release dates for the game remained unclear once again, which gave rise to a lot of rumors and speculation about the current state of the project, a release at the end of 2025 and fear of competition with Grand Theft Auto VI. As a result, this affected the company’s share price.
On the day of The Game Awards 2024, December 13, 2024, Pearl Abyss’s share price fell 15% from KRW 35,350 to KRW 30,100. The downward trend in price continued on December 16, although it became less rapid: the price dropped to 28,650 won. As a result, over two trading days the fall was 19% and stopped a couple of thousand won from the minimum price over the past year.
This is not the first time for Pearl Abyss, and a drop in shares often coincides with the release of another Crimson Desert trailer without a release date. For example, a similar situation occurred during gamescom 2023. Then the stock price fell from 54,000 to 44,000 won in a few days.
For players and investors, the problem is aggravated by the fact that the delay in the release of Crimson Desert affects the financial stability of the company and the release dates of the following projects: DokeV and PLAN 8. There is no information about their release dates, except that the active development phase of DokeV will begin after the release Crimson Desert.
