As some of you may have heard, the world is in a little bit of a finicial crisis right now. One of the countries taking the brunt of it is Iceland, which also happens to be the home of Eve Online developer, CCP. Iceland, which effectively went bankrupt this month, has a very unclear future; many have been wondering how all of this is going to effect CCP and Eve Online. Warcry had a chance to speak with CEO Hilmar Pétursson to find out what is what.

While he certainly recognized the gravity of the situation, his views were, as a whole, optimistic: "The service we have to offer is very economically resilient," said Pétursson. "Paying $15 and playing as much as you want within a given month is a very strong value, especially compared to the price of a movie ticket." He believes that MMOs will be inversely affected by the economic crisis - people will be more likely to spend time online and in-game than watching TV or going out to the movies - and their own internal data has supported that, with people playing more frequently than they used to. "As long as we keep up our end of the bargain," he continued, "they'll be able to continue that."

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