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There’s been a ton of back and forth finger pointing but the more I hear about it (and other news about Krafton), the more my gut tells me that Krafton are the bad guys.

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mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I mean it’s pretty obvious they are. The original reason Krafton gave for firing the founders was that Subnautica 2 was being pushed out before it was ready just so the founders could get their bonuses.

Krafton has since dropped those arguments in the legal fillings to some nebulous shit like:

“abandoned their posts” and “deceived” their employer."

I mean come on. This isn’t even a both sides issue anymore.

pcgamer.com/…/the-subnautica-2-lawsuit-is-getting…

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- p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  The original reason Krafton gave for firing the founders was that Subnautica 2 was being pushed out before it was ready just so the founders could get their bonuses.
  
  Neither sides of that look good.
  
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  - mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    No, it’s pretty one-sided. They even have communications exchanges between Krafton’s CEO and their global ops head how to avoid paying out the bonus before firing them.
    
    “Krafton terminated the Founders and seized control of Unknown Worlds in order to avoid the earnout,” reads the group’s latest filing. “Smoking gun documents show that Krafton was looking for ways to ‘cancel the earn-out’ and that its secret ‘Project X’ was designed to either make a ‘Deal’ on the earnout or execute a “Take over.” When the Founders would not agree to Krafton’s demands related to the earnout, Krafton decided a ‘take over’ would be the ‘easier’ route.”
    
    kotaku.com/subnautica-2-krafton-lawsuit-chatgpt-2…
    
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