And they want to add micro transactions
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It’s Krafton. Just look at what became of PUBG. I mean it’s an OK game and a lot of QoL came to it after all these years, but there hasn’t been any major meta shift in 5 years or so. Only recently they’ve started looking into how broken certain semiauto snipers are.
Instead you are drowned in lootboxes and emotes
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I feel like I learn more about what I shouldn't play then what games I should play when I am on here.
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I am also boycotting Microsoft and every product from companies owned by them.
Sure, that doesn't leave a lot of games I can buy, but hey, Indie games are often the best games. Also I have a backlog so huge there will probably be peace in the middle east before I'm through with it.
Besides if there is a game I really want to play, I hear there arrrrr still ways to do so without supporting genocide.
Linux gaming is really hot right now. Out of my 575 games on steam I can play 568 of them.
Ditched Windows permanently 11 months ago for Pop-OS and couldn't be happier. I've been a big Linux fan for years, but would always dual boot for gaming purposes.
I'm so glad that isn't necessary any longer. Almost feels cheating, being Microsoft free with Zero downsides and plenty of benefits.
You may already know, but a lot of times when a game isn't listed as 'playable' it just means that particular game hasn't been tested yet and will likely still work just fine*, unless it requires kernel level anti cheat ofc
Just so happens I'm boycotting that as well. If I wanted you to do shady shit to my OS, I'd have stayed on Windows.
Edit: *Check the games not listed as playable on protondb and see what that says. Since it's a 'crowdsourced' platform, it's often more up to date than Valve is.
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I will support this by continuing to be apathetic toward (and in fact ignorant of) the game known as Subnautica 2.
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Why can't the OG devs just opensource the code out of spite. Would be a big middle-finger
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Yar har fiddle dee dee
You should get a publisher if:
You want to make one game then get fired
You want your work to be bastardized by the publisher in the future
You want countless hours of overtime/crunch and no compensation
You want to be another disposable cog in the machine
If that doesn't sound like something you want, self-publish.
Seems like there is a plot twist to this story no one is mentioning https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3ltmyjaecpc2w
Best comment. Trust the publisher bro !
It sucks that this is going around too. Because no matter what the "right" choice is the devs are still gonna have to see what should have just been their fun project get thrown around in gaming politic hell
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Publishers are cancer. Self publish whenever possible !
You Don't Need a F-ing Publisher*
*unless you do.
It would just require smaller teams making lower budget games that are more focused on Art than sales, which I would be really happy about honestly. Too many people are in this industry solely to rake in the big bucks.
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More importantly in the short run, remove it from your wishlists so that Krafton can see your choice! At the moment, they are super proud of the game being the most wishlisted on Steam.
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Im gonna need a fact check on that bonus number.
Yes you are going to need to, but as you asked so presumptively I have a couple of links from pretty good journalistic sources.
https://www.theverge.com/news/703373/krafton-delay-subnautica-2-250-million-bonus
The Bloomberg article they reference it's paywalled to hell :D https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/krafton-delays-subnautica-2-game-ahead-of-250-million-payout?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MjA4MzgyNCwiZXhwIjoxNzUyNjg4NjI0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWjU4SUFUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.R0p1u8-Bar_mXzXyKWDJxsN-yaSdlIWVs2GZ5WCbpAM&leadSource=uverify+wall
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Pirate all Krafton games.
Edit. Apparently there's more to the story.
But can I still buy the OG subnautica?
What is the next project of the og subnautica creator?
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Oooh, there's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
$250M PLUS legal costs PLUS $250M in punitive fees. That should hurt them a bit.
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i never bought 1. But also the story behind 2 feels like ksp2.
Subnautica was lightning in a bottle.
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Oh fucking god dammit. I was really looking forward to it too.
Just typical KRAFTON doing KRAFTON things.