Krafton have big plans for Subnautica, after the second game's once-divisive co-op "confirmed the potential to expand beyond the existing fan base"

Around fractional of players person ne'er touched a Subnautica before, says exec

Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton whitethorn person had to wage Unknown Worlds a monolithic earn-out, aft losing a farcical courtroom conflict with ousted workplace execs, but they're tickled pinkish by the water endurance game's sales. According to Krafton's latest quarter-year financials, Subnautica 2 has sold implicit 5 cardinal units since the aboriginal entree launch.

They're present trumpeting its imaginable to go "our 2nd franchise IP" aft PUBG, successful the words of caput of capitalist relations Sophie Lee, which indicates that they're not lone reasoning astir a imaginable Subnautica 3, but eyeing up Subnautica crossovers of each kinds. Think of the merchandising! Alterra lunchboxes! Reaper-branded cans of sardines! Nibbler Mango bodypillows! Maybe immoderate benignant of dastardly LLM-piloted luxury submarine!

Speaking to investors, Krafton's CEO Changhan Kim besides noted that astir fractional of the caller game's players didn't play either the archetypal Subnautica oregon Subnautica: Below Zero – an influx of caller Subnauts Krafton property partially to the crippled having a co-op mode. Which is interesting, due to the fact that Subnautica 2's co-op absorption was arguable earlier release, with returning players worrying that it would bargain absorption and resources from the solo experience. Unknown Worlds look to person enactment those fears to rest.

"On the caller franchise IP front, the aboriginal show of Subnautica 2’s aboriginal entree motorboat confirms some our scale-up capabilities and its imaginable to go our 2nd franchise IP," comments Lee, successful Krafton's latest shareholder-flummoxing corpofusillade, arsenic transcribed by Stock Analysis. "Subnautica 2 delivered a highly palmy aboriginal entree launch, some successful the numbers and successful however users responded." Even arsenic they prioritise "community spot and crippled quality, maintaining unchangeable work done to afloat launch", Krafton besides program to "scale up the Subnautica IP with a semipermanent perspective".

With Lee translating, CEO Kim added that "in particular, [Subnautica 2's] co-op contented confirmed the imaginable to grow beyond the existing instrumentality basal to caller idiosyncratic groups. This stems from our occurrence successful identifying an IP with a beardown genre moat and scaling it up by expanding co-op and contented measurement portion preserving the halfway gameplay of the original." I deliberation that's "moat" arsenic successful "strong competitory advantage", though the much accustomed explanation of a antiaircraft ditch afloat of h2o benignant of chimes with the taxable matter.

I've enjoyed what I've played of Subnautica 2. It has excellently fishy energy. Though it does consciousness rather a batch similar a retread of Subnautica 1. I can't accidental I'm gagging for it to go a monolithic amusement spot - I'm not truly gagging for thing to go a monolithic amusement spot - but departed Unknown Worlds co-founder Charlie Cleveland does marque movies nowadays. Perhaps there's scope for a collaboration, assuming helium and Krafton tin enactment each that "million dollar lawsuit" worldly down them.