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.
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.
they are intertwined in business, you can’t pay one without the other.
Unknown Worlds Entertainment is still owned by Krafton, so, in a way, to both.
Just play the game. It’s a bunch of CEOs arguing over 250m, not developers going hungry.
They’ll win in court.
