Comment on Krafton still supporting Subnautica 2 launch despite Steam page change

Apocalypteroid@anarchist.nexus ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It got way more complicated than it was just a few months ago.

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  • badgermurphy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, but it’s complicated like an ant colony–incredibly complex and nuanced, but tiny, inconsequential, and easy to ignore.

    I got one whiff of that dumpster fire and thought, “You know what? I’m going to check out some of the near-infinite other entertainment options available to me in the Information Age and give that whole thing a miss.” I’m sure a significant portion of other people interested in the game came to a similar conclusion, which can’t be ideal for their sales goals.

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    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But what if it is like subnautica 1 or 2 but with a new map? Then it would be fun.

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      • badgermurphy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That other ant colony on the other side of the sidewalk looks pretty good!

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• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have been a fan of Subnautica since before items had textures and they were still playing with terrain manipulation.

  I absolutely refuse to buy Subnautica 2. I will be pirating it.

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  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A shame, really, but this is the way. Subnautica was one of the best games of the past decade for me and I was really looking forward for this sequel, but I’m not willing to spend a cent on it after all this shitshow.

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• Fafa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why? The developers get the money when sales reicht a certain threshhold, as far as I know it…

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They’ll be paid either way. They make the sales, they earn the bonus. They don’t make the sales, they’ll probably be awarded the bonus plus punitive damages from the lawsuit they basicslly already won since it’s very apparent the publisher sabotaged the development of the game specifically to not have to pay the developers the bonus in theit contract.

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    • Fafa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not sure what’s going on now, since Unknown worlds don’t list krafton as publisher anymore. This article says that the Deal meant paying 2,87 Euro for every Euro starting at 64 million Euro turnover with a maximum of 230 million.

      Anyways I’m all for support of the developers. I’ll get it if it’s fun and if not I’ll think about it.

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