'Apparently Not Good Enough for Investors' — Crimson Desert Publisher Stock Price Plunges Nearly 30% Amid 78 Metacritic Score

Pearl Abyss, publisher and developer of Crimson Desert, has seen its stock price plunge nearly 30% in what is seen as a reaction to review scores. Reviews for the hotly anticipated open-world action game went live yesterday, March 18. On review aggregator Metacritic, Crimson Desert currently has a Metascore of 78 based on 85 critic reviews. But that number is expected to fluctuate as more reviews come online in the days and weeks following today’s launch. IGN’s Crimson Desert Review So Far, based on playing the PC version, returned a 6/10, although that score is not final. At the time of this article’s publication, the stock price for Korean company Pearl Abyss was down 29.88%, wiping approximately $13 off the value of a share. The stock is currently valued at approximately $30 per share. “Apparently not good enough for investors,” said Dr Serkan Toto, CEO of Japan games industry consultancy firm Kantan Games, in a post on social media referencing the Crimson Desert review scores. According to Seoul Economic Daily, the market had expected a Metascore in the mid-to-high 80s, and “the lower-than-anticipated result appears to have weighed on the stock.” The same report said Pearl Abys