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Very True.. but this is what these Companies do over there.. I'm in the US and most people here never even heard of DSO until it released on Steam.. but it was great while it lasted.. until this Company got there Greedy hands on it.. one of many reasons I stopped playing DSO.. It lost it's Originality..

 

This article will answer your question:

Youzu didn't buy Bigpoint just for the games—they bought it for global market infrastructure.
When Chinese corporations like Youzu Interactive expand globally, they use a highly specific financial strategy. The decision to buy Bigpoint, and why they doubled down on aggressive, "Chinese-style" monetization even when Western players hated it, stems from several distinct factors.
Why Youzu Bought Bigpoint
Youzu did not acquire Bigpoint because they loved Drakensang Online or DarkOrbit. They bought the company for strategic, non-gameplay assets:

• Instant Global Distribution: Building an international publishing network from scratch is incredibly difficult for Chinese companies due to cultural, legal, and language barriers. Bigpoint already had active servers, local payment gateways, marketing pipelines, and legal structures in over 200 countries. Youzu essentially bought a pre-built highway to pump their own Chinese games into Europe and the Americas.
• A "Bargain" Valuation: As mentioned before, Bigpoint was once valued at $350 million. Youzu snapped up 100% of the company's global stock for just €80 million ($89.7 million). For a massive Chinese tech giant, this was a relatively cheap price to purchase an established Western brand, seven international offices, and millions of player emails.

Partly because of making money - business. At that time, BigPoint mismanaged their finance, despite that DSO was making profit but it was not enough to cover all their games' deficit. Simultaneously, the Chinese industry was growing rapidly due to the many factory productions, so they have spare cash to buy businesses. But the real motive is to expand their empire with a geopolitical CCP agenda. They try to copy what US and the Japanese had done - to sell their culture and influence globally - DSO, among other games provide easy and cheap highways for them to reach the world. Money only plays a small part in it. They only need enough to survive - what they really want are the gateways, marketing pipelines and legal structures which they cannot get from the CCP policy. It is hard for CCP to develop their infracstructures in democratic countries due to a clash in ideaologies. We can see this is happening in DSO with Chinese New Year, Chinese dragon mount and now all the copy and paste Japanese anime like (Asian) pets and bosses introduced - totally unfit for a European medieval game.

Statistics show that DSO is making way less than when it was German owned. German DSO about 57 million per year vs DSO Chinese owned now, 1 to 5 millions per year. That 1 million profit, excluding expenditures is more than what they need to keep them alive and preserve those infrastructures. They can make their real profits from elsewhere.

So, in seeing so many players left the game, perhaps 80%, it's only natural from their perspective and they don't care even if more are to leave. When they bought BP, this goes well with their original plan. All these smooth talks and survey and Bella's advice are just for entertainments and giving false hope to players. At the back, they are laughing at all those who gives genuine feedback. I was fooled by them too until I read these articles.

 

Enaggelion thank ))

 

Where and how do I get the "spores of doom'' (effect aura)

Every other event item is explained in guide, but cant find any info for the spores.

 

Yeah guides are not perfect, btw we have almost empty forum events Faqs ((yeah all them in launcher, but that is just weird).
Anyway , that effect must drop from the Worm boss chest, with the same drop chances no matter difficulty.

p.s. aka rare drop, i still don't have it...mighty Dso's Rng

 

Allright, thanks! I did plenty of runs, ill try again next event

 

This is what Google says:
This acquisition was a strategic corporate decision driven by several factors:

• Market Shift: The online gaming industry was shifting rapidly from browser-based games to mobile and client-based platforms, threatening Bigpoint's core business model.
• Resource Access: Youzu Interactive provided Bigpoint with the necessary financial resources and expertise to develop mobile games and expand internationally, particularly in Asia.
• Operational Strategy: Following the acquisition, Bigpoint operated as an independent subsidiary. The company later underwent significant downsizing (reducing its workforce to ~222 employees by 2024) to focus on maintaining established titles like Drakensang Online and Seafight while exploring cross-platform updates.

In summary, the sale was a company-wide acquisition to ensure survival and growth in a changing market, not a divestment of a single title.

 

I did the event one day & said nah, not even going to waste my time on it. The progress rewards aren't worth anything and I'm not going to get the set, so no point wasting time on it.