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Most revenue in $.

EU devs mostly paid in Euros, UK mostly in pounds and US and the rest of the world in USD.

All Other expenses - salaries, offices etc is in SEK.

So you can imagine how happy we are when the dollar drops 25% in value.

/s

I'd not considered the impact changes on the exchange rate would have on Paradox.
 

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Most revenue in $.

EU devs mostly paid in Euros, UK mostly in pounds and US and the rest of the world in USD.

All Other expenses - salaries, offices etc is in SEK.

So you can imagine how happy we are when the dollar drops 25% in value.

/s

Sadly its worst for Shams & podcat. They only get paid if the dollar is above 8 sek..

Things that happen when you misread just one little character in your contract.
 

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Sadly its worst for Shams & podcat. They only get paid if the dollar is above 8 sek..

Things that happen when you misread just one little character in your contract.

At least they didn't misread "You will be paid 200,000 a year in vietnamese dong"
(that's less than $1 USD a month btw)
 

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Sadly its worst for Shams & podcat. They only get paid if the dollar is above 8 sek..

Things that happen when you misread just one little character in your contract.

Again with this "pay thing" - are you telling me other people are actually getting paid for working?

Nick: You could fill a pool with the tears of our CFO - fluctuating currency is not fun.

/shams
 

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Nick: You could fill a pool with the tears of our CFO - fluctuating currency is not fun.
/shams

You did notice, that a lot of european countries invented a single currency against this problem?

P.S:
Just reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_and_the_euro
Paradox does not only produce good entertainment but also a good reasons to research history and politics ...
 

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Is there a reason that Hearts of Iron 3 isn't fully on Humble Bundle including in the sale that is happening right now? I'd like to migrate my Gamersgate version to Steam, mainly because the many DLC and its management is annoying me. Can't buy from within the game anymore it seems. Would like to change my version to the Steam one, but not at full price obviously, so I was hoping for a sale like this, but it isn't included unfortunately. I do want to get the complete collection. :)
 

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DICE participated in today's Pride Parade in Stockholm. Will we see Paradox there as well next year?
 

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DICE participated in today's Pride Parade in Stockholm. Will we see Paradox there as well next year?

I assume by participate you mean have a float. Not sure, We were on a few of the committees and many of our staff attended the event. (for example: Did you see the proud and nerdy float, some of us were on that.)
 

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I assume by participate you mean have a float. Not sure, We were on a few of the committees and many of our staff attended the event. (for example: Did you see the proud and nerdy float, some of us were on that.)

Yeah, a float was what I meant. I loved the nerd section! And also the viking section made me think of Runemaster :) Would be cool to see a float from PI/PDS though, especially if a lot of you already participate!
 

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Hello there!
I am trying to find a subforum where I could post a question about how to register MB: With Fire and Sword to no avail. My steam key appears to be "invalid" for some reason. Could you direct me to the right section or otherwise assist with this? Thanks =)
 

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Hello there!
I am trying to find a subforum where I could post a question about how to register MB: With Fire and Sword to no avail. My steam key appears to be "invalid" for some reason. Could you direct me to the right section or otherwise assist with this? Thanks =)
You could try the MB forum. It appears that there are some issues---I also seem to remember Paradox not really having anything to do with MB anymore, but I might misremember. At least when this post was posted in june you could register that game.http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...the-forums&p=17606627&viewfull=1#post17606627
As a list way out you could buy the devs beer at gamescon; some of them mentioned earlier being willing to trade beer for icons.
 

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Thanks, Wagonlitz!
I somehow managed to overlook it. Sadly, not only has the M&B franchise moved on, but this forum's support for the M&B games, as well =/
 

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During development, how long does it take for devs to fully integrate Steamworks featues (multiplayer, cloud saves etc.) into the game?
 
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Hi Paradox no longer licenses MB, you would need to contact talewinds for support.
 

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With the PS4 and Xbox One upping the capabilities of gaming consoles I was curious as to whether or not Paradox would ever consider porting any of your popular strategy games such as HoI3 or CK2. Or are those types of games simply not viable on anything but a PC?