Subnautica Fans Call For A Boycott Publisher Accuses ExLeadership Of Abandoning Responsibilities

The rollout of the latest trailer for Subnautica 2 hasn't gone very smoothly for Unknown Worlds and its parent company, Krafton. Instead of admiring the new footage, fans are laser-focused on the forced exits of Unknown Worlds' leadership team and a subsequent report that Subnautica 2's delay may cause the Unknown Worlds team to lose out on a promised $250 million bonus. That led to some players calling for a boycott of Subnautica 2, which has in turn led to an eye-opening statement from Krafton claiming that the "inevitable leadership change [was] driven by project abandonment."

As originally reported by Bloomberg, Unknown Worlds' entire team was reportedly going to receive a share of a $250 million bonus if the company hit its financial goals in 2025. Those goals may have been predicated on Subnautica 2 receiving an early-access release this year. A poster on Reddit contends that, "This delay is simply so [Krafton doesn't] have to give those bonuses. They've already made $250 million dollars off of scamming developers. Don't let them make more."

The Reddit post was initially locked and has now been removed by moderators of the Subnautica subreddit. It had amassed more than 45,000 upvotes.