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Subnautica 2 Has Been Such a Massive Hit That Krafton Is Paying Out Up to $250 Million to Unknown Worlds' Former Shareholders (www.ign.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Jeffool@lemmy.world to c/gamedev@lemmy.world

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They already do, and more. Some contracts have significant pay dependent on Metacritic scores. Whether or not the whole team is gutted between projects instead of just most of the team is generally dependent on review metrics, sales, and ROI.

It's openly been an absolutely awful industry to work for at least a decade now.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Obsidian devs who made Fallout New Vegas famously lost their bonus because they were supposed to have a minimum Metacritic score of 85 at launch. They got an 84. That was the last good entry in the series.