Even though Subnautica 2 is one of the most-requested games right now, players are campaigning to boycott the in-development sequel.
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There’s been an interesting development; Krafton have responded with some pretty direct claims and the founders are suing.

TL;DR the most important claim seems to be

In particular, following the failure of Moonbreaker, KRAFTON asked Charlie to devote himself to the development of Subnautica 2. However, instead of participating in the game development, he chose to focus on a personal film project.

Ever since the Doom Eternal Mick Gordon situation there has been several more controversies (Bayonetta’s VA pay comes to mind) where it seems the first person to make the claim is hiding something. Is it an attempt to control the narrative? It has always backfired so far so we’ll see if that trend continues.

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Wow that’s some bullshit. They deserve this boycott.

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Went from an “instant buy” to a “never purchase on principle”. Such a shame.

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That’s kind of where I’m at with Borderlands 4 and that shit stain Randy Pitchford. His situation isn’t as bad as this I think, but it’s a deal breaker none the less. Don’t bite the hand that feeds mother fuckers.

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That’s exactly what I did after Activision fucked over Infinity Ward. I used to play them all the time, but haven’t bought anything Call of Duty since.

Doesn’t mean much, but I’m doing what little I can.

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I’m wondering if the first one needs to go from a game I recommend highly (or upvote recommendations of if I’m too late) to one I no longer acknowledge because the same assholes probably get paid from each of those sales, too.

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Il buy it on sale once the game tanks and they fire that asshole.

But I haven’t been looking forward to a game as much as Subnautica 2, and now it’s off the radar…

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No dont review bomb, just dont buy it at all. Review bomb does absolutely nothing. Fuck krafton.

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I can say that personally, I do hesitate if I see a game with mixed reviews and will at least check out why people don’t like it. And if steam says a high volume of “irrelevant” (or whatever word they use) reviews are not shown, I’ll click through to see what they are about to decide for myself if they are relevant or just losers whining about “woke” shit.

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Yeah, from a user standpoint, but companies won’t use it as much of a metric as they do sales.

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bad reviews -> people hesitate to buy -> impact on sales

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Too bad everyone will buy it anyway. Point me to a boycott of a video game that actually materialized… I’ll wait…

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This isnt anywhere near the level of mainstream game that most of these boycotts are focused on. It’s definitely a more niche audience.

The biggest thing is if streamers get in on the boycott. That’ll affect sales the most.

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I know, people are pushovers.

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Yar har, fiddle-dee-dee Do what you want cuz a pirate is free…

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I am a pirate!

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Yo ho ho and a magnet link for thee.

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God damn, I was looking forward to it but that’s fucked up.

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I also was. Extremely disappointing. I will “find” a place to download it though without having to pay.

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