They are still releasing it in early access it seems, they are just delaying it. The team is still getting paid their bonus, and they have more time to implement more things before the early access release from what I understand. I kind of prefer my games delayed. Maybe its ready to leave now and the delay is a big scam but all im seeing is less pressure on the team making it and more content. For the rest, they can figure it out in court.

"We wanted a fresh _new_ debacle instead!"

Factorio did it right, IMO. V2.0 as a free update to the base game, launch a paid expansion at the same time. Wube is pretty much the only developer I have faith in to consistently do things right.

I'm certain there are clauses that demand a certain level of content and quality.

So do they not actually know what happened with KSP2? Because this isn't going to avoid it. It's basicslly the same exact mistake.

Their engine? It was built on Unity.

...what did happy to ksp2? I remember ms acquired them then... ?

Ksp2 was far worse. * The KSP2 dev team was entirely new. * They weren't allowed to let the KSP1 team even know they were developing. * They were given no useful information on the codebase they were required to build on. * They had completely unrealistic goals, given the limitations. * When the early access released, it was a car crash. Rather than trying to fix things, they fired the dev team, but still insisted it was still being developed.

The original KSP devs are working on a new game right?

Ksp2 was far worse. * The KSP2 dev team was entirely new. * They weren't allowed to let the KSP1 team even know they were developing. * They were given no useful information on the codebase they were required to build on. * They had completely unrealistic goals, given the limitations. * When the early access released, it was a car crash. Rather than trying to fix things, they fired the dev team, but still insisted it was still being developed.

I know kitten space agency is being developed. I'm not sure how much of the original KSP team is involved with it. I suspect they are carefully skirting copyright laws on that front.

"We wanted a fresh _new_ debacle instead!"

That's the thing tho, they said they would honor the bonus for every employee except those three. Granted the three were getting the lionshare if the bonus, almost all of it, so the publisher is still saving money but they aren't screwing over the actual people making the game in regards to this. We get a delayed release with more content which is usually a good thing imo. Worse case scenario is three dudes getting screwed out of *half* of their 500$ million paycheck. Just pointing out that it isn't a bad situation pet say there.

You *really* need to start paying attention. The founders were already going to split the money between the entire crew, this isn't about quality control, and EA isn't supposed to be a major polished release.

> Survival games benefit more than most genres from iteration Subnautica is as much of a survival game as Minecraft is. The only 'survival' happens in the first 5-10 minutes of the game and never again.

I know kitten space agency is being developed. I'm not sure how much of the original KSP team is involved with it. I suspect they are carefully skirting copyright laws on that front.

I genuinely don't know what about your comment is supposed to be mocking. You're just describing the situation presented in purposefully more confusing language than the article.

They rephrased Krafton's BS corporate speech into the plain English meaning. It's only confusing because what Krafton is claiming is asinine.

I'll wait and see. It's quite weird , any top game today gets close to 100 copy's within a few months of a hit yet subnautica wasn't copied even 1 time not even shoddy. It's weird I just want more subnautica like games. Under sea crafting survival with some mystery.