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query ContentSlug_ContentQuery(
  $contentSlug: String!
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) {
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}

fragment CompanyDetails_Content on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
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    name
    description
    pageUrl
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}

fragment ContentBasicInfo on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
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  title
  lang
  companies {
    viewerIsFollowing
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  tags {
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  ...PublishingDetails
  ...Reactions
}

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  ... on Webcast {
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}

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        marketClose
        marketplace {
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        returns {
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    tags {
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    ... on Video {
      liveTime
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    ... on Webcast {
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    ... on CompanyReport {
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    ... on ThirdPartyCompanyReport {
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    ... on StockExchangeRelease {
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fragment ForumPosts on ForumPost {
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fragment KeyFigures_Content on Content {
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}

fragment PriceAndRecommendation_Content on Content {
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  companies {
    name
    pageUrl
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}

fragment PublishingDetails on Content {
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  authors {
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  ... on Video {
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  }
  ... on Webcast {
    liveTime
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}

fragment Reactions on Content {
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}

fragment ReportLink_Content on Content {
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  ... on ThirdPartyCompanyReport {
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  ... on StockExchangeRelease {
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}

fragment TrendingContent_1jQ2Cn on Query {
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    title
    lang
    pageUrl
    createdAt
    type
    imgUrl
    companies {
      squareLogoUrl
      name
      id
    }
    authors {
      __typename
      imgUrl
      id
    }
    publishers {
      imgUrl
    }
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}


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Paradox Interactive is a Swedish company that develops, publishes and distributes video games and interactive entertainment content for computers and consoles. The company serves a global gaming audience and collaborates with internal and external development teams to reach gamers through digital distribution and partnerships. Paradox Interactive was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

The prices are really outrageous for a single DLC, a few 3D models, and some immersion content added via a couple of practically AI-generated text files:    For that price, you can get several smaller indie games. Maybe this isn’t such a bad investment after all, despite how much it’s being bashed online

Additionally, the 1.1 update for EU V seems to have received a good reception; see, for example, these comments below. https://www.reddit.com/r/EU5/comments/1rlwmqx/11_feels_great/ On Steam, many negative reviews acknowledge the game’s potential: the reviewers have hundreds of hours played, so it can’t be that bad.  EU V is an important showcase of skill, as it demonstrates the ability of Paradox’s own studios to create solid games that challenge their predecessors. There is a major risk that a new game fails and players stick to the old one until the community dwindles away completely. This is why the development of EU V has been promising. And the game is fully playable, unlike many previous new releases in their early stages.  I expect this game will also hit its stride in about 2-3 years. Of course, these factors alone don’t solve the core question regarding Paradox: whether the current strategy player base can still grow much further.

Iceflake Studios, which took over development responsibility for Cities: Skylines II from Colossal Order, released its first update for the game yesterday. Many small changes that likely have little financial significance on their own, but the update’s reception among players has been positive. IS seems to understand what needs fixing in the game to improve player satisfaction. A couple more similar updates, and this could provide a boost to future DLC sales and the game’s longevity. Patch notes: Client Challenge

Well, looking on the bright side, since Paradox doesn’t provide guidance, they don’t have to issue profit warnings either.

We’ll keep that in mind! There was actually some direct hinting about the matter in the press release.  It would strengthen the company’s position on the capital markets and provide more options for us, says Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox.  For example, Kempower moved to the main list in the summer of 2024, after announcing its plan to move to the main list from the notorious First North “dump” in late April 2024. A listing prospectus must be prepared at least in Finland, and presumably in Sweden as well, which takes a fair amount of time, but they are quite solid documents for investors to wade through. The move naturally doesn’t change the business fundamentals. Continuing with Kempower as an example, the company issued a negative profit warning a month after moving to the main list, and the share price plummeted well below the level at which it moved to the main list.

Wait a moment, an announcement from Paradox about applying for the main list. In a normal situation, this wouldn’t cause any kind of reaction in me, but in the last webcast, management was asked when they would start buying back their own shares. To this, the CEO and CFO stated that there are bureaucratic challenges in executing share buybacks on First North (I cannot comment on the truthfulness of this). After this, it was said that own shares could be acquired once they eventually move to the main list. If Paradox soon announces a share buyback, you heard it here first                    Inderes              Paradox Interactive AB: Paradox Interactive has applied for listing on Nasdaq...    The Board of Directors for Paradox Interactive AB (the "Company" or "Paradox") has today applied for admission to trading of the Company's shares on Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market. Since our listing...

I completely agree with Verneri. If we start from the idea that AI will start producing an ever-increasing share of consumed media, I believe Paradox’s moat is specifically tied to credible complexity. Paradox’s games, such as EU or Stellaris, are not just content, but networks of interacting systems (Thanks ChatGPT for this sentence :D). Their value doesn’t arise from a single story, dialogue, or visual asset, but from the fact that thousands of small rules form a credible simulation. I don’t believe that AI can hold such a large context in its grasp, and even if it could, the price tag would certainly be hefty and involve continuous billing  If we consider that AI might actually disrupt the gaming industry (and I emphasize the word consider), I believe the pressure will first fall on more linear experiences like Call of Duty-style games, where much of the value comes from production value, scripted scenes, and audiovisual spectacle, and the whole thing is wrapped together with a plot lifted from the latest Michael Bay movie. In these, AI can certainly close the gap realistically and quickly. And I am absolutely sure that the gaming industry will also be filled with AI slop over time, but at what point will consumers be ready to pay for it?

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Underwater Base-building Survival Game Now Available from Paradox ArcSTOCKHOLM and BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Jan. 17, 2023 - Paradox Interactive, a publisher that frequently tests the waters...

<div class="abstract">Underwater Base-building Survival Game Now Available from Paradox Arc</div>STOCKHOLM and BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Jan. 17, 2023 - Paradox Interactive, a publisher that frequently tests the waters, today released Surviving the Abyss into Steam Early Access under the Paradox Arc label. Surviving the Abyss, the debut title from Belfast-based Rocket Flair Studios, is a hardcore base-building survival game for PC that tasks players with overseeing a self-sustaining science lab at the dark bottom of the sea. The game is available to purchase and play now at a suggested retail price of $19.99 during its Early Access period.Dive into the game here: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254320/Surviving_The_Abyss/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254320/Surviving_The_Abyss/</a>Take a deep breath and peer into the game's latest trailer here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mpYq-ExahQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mpYq-ExahQ</a>Surviving the Abyss puts players in charge of a deep sea research facility, tasked with carrying out secret experiments at the height of the cold war. Exploring and mining the seafloor will provide access to the resources necessary to keep the lights on and the scientists fed, and unlock new options for expansion - but unseen dangers lurk just beyond the lights, waiting for any mistake or opportunity to reclaim the abyss as their own. Expand your base, explore the darkness, and learn to face your fear - and you may just survive the abyss for another day.For more information about Surviving the Abyss and Paradox Arc, contact pr@paradoxinteractive.com.