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Alibaba Rival Sea Eyes Sale Of Phoenix Labs Game Developer To Focus On Core Business

Alibaba Rival Sea Eyes Sale Of Phoenix Labs Game Developer To Focus On Core Business

阿里巴巴競爭對手海眼睛出售鳳凰實驗室遊戲開發商專注於核心業務
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2023/01/25 13:24
  • Sea Limited (NYSE:SE) weighed the sale of Vancouver-based indie developer Phoenix Labs as the Southeast Asian internet giant slashed costs and focused on its core business.
  • The Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce company worked with an adviser on the potential divestment, Bloomberg reports.
  • Sea acquired Phoenix Labs about three years ago in a deal that valued the game developer at over $150 million.
  • Sea scaled back its overseas footprint and peripheral businesses as rising competition forced the company to focus on profitability rather than expanding abroad.
  • Sea faced increasing pressure to cut costs, with growth in its e-commerce and gaming business slowing, losing over $160 billion of its market value since October 2021.
  • Consumers became cautious about online spending post-pandemic recovery, as rising interest rates and prices weigh on the economy.
  • In December, Sea founder Forrest Li decided to freeze salaries for most staff and pay out lower bonuses, bracing for an aggravating global economic environment in 2023.
  • Sea made deep job cuts in 2022.
  • Price Action: SE shares traded lower by 2% at $62.72 on the last check Wednesday.
  • 海洋限定 紐約證交所代碼：SE）權衡了溫哥華獨立開發商 Phoenix Labs 的出售，因為東南亞互聯網巨頭削減了成本並專注於其核心業務。
  • 彭博社報道，這家總部位於新加坡的博彩和電子商務公司與一名顧問合作，就潛在的分拆事宜。
  • Sea 大約三年前在一項重視遊戲開發商超過 1.5 億美元的交易中收購了鳳凰實驗室。
  • 隨著競爭日益激烈，海外業務擴大了其海外業務和周邊業務，迫使該公司專注於盈利能力，而不是向海外擴張。
  • Sea 面臨著日益降低成本的壓力，隨著其電子商務和遊戲業務的增長放緩，自 2021 年 10 月以來，其市值損失了 1,600 億美元以上。
  • 由於利率和價格上升對經濟造成影響，消費者對在大流行後的網上支出開支變得謹慎。
  • 12 月，海運創始人福雷斯特·李（Forrest Li）決定凍結大多數員工的薪水並支付較低的獎金，為 2023 年加劇的全球經濟環境做好準備。
  • 海在 2022 年進行了深度削減工作。
  • 價格行動： 上次檢查週三，SE 股價下跌 2%，報 62.72 美元。
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