One of the biggest questions surrounding Subnautica 2 isn't about the game at all, but rather the typically dull, staid business side of its development: When is Krafton going to eat that whopper of a bonus it promised Unknown World principals Ted Gill, Max McGuire, and Charlie Cleveland when it acquired the studio in 2021? And the answer, according to a Korea Economic Daily report (via IGN), is, soon.
Citing industry sources, the report says Krafton agreed to pay the trio $3.12 for every $1 (presumably in revenue generated, although that point isn't made precisely clear) whenever Unknown Worlds' revenues exceeded $69.8 million in a single month—to a maximum of $250 million. The problem for Krafton is that Subnautica 2 came out of the gate like a horny rabbit, selling four million copies in less than a week.
