If I want to buy Subnautica 2. Does the money go to the developers, which I'm cool with, or... does it go to Krafton, which I dislike due to them being assholes towards the Subnautica developers.
If I want to buy Subnautica 2. Does the money go to the developers, which I'm cool with, or... does it go to Krafton, which I dislike due to them being assholes towards the Subnautica developers.
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einkorn@feddit.org · 13 pts · 103d
AFAIK it goes to both. However as far as I understand the whole situation the Devs get a massive payout if the game reaches a set number of purchases during early access. The amount is so high that the publisher fears that publishing the game is going to be a net negative for them (the publisher). This is why the publisher has tried everything legal and supposedly illegal to get out of paying this bonus.
So in short: The money goes to both but if you want to screw the publisher buy it during early access.
Jude_the_Obscure@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 101d
lol well shit i never buy in early access but I'm absofuckinglutely going to get subnautica 2 anyway and helping out with fucking this publisher might prompt me to do it
jet@hackertalks.com · 10 pts · 103d
they are intertwined in business, you can't pay one without the other.
meowmeow@quokk.au · 1 pts · 103d
Just play the game. It’s a bunch of CEOs arguing over 250m, not developers going hungry.
They’ll win in court.
badabim@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 103d
Unknown Worlds Entertainment is still owned by Krafton, so, in a way, to both.