Krafton has admitted that “talk about legal proceedings” surrounding the company following the delay of Subnautica 2 and changes within the development team could lead people to believe its internal milestone process is being “mismanaged”.
However, Krafton’s chief financial officer Dongkeun Bae wants to assure this is not the case, and actually somehow this is all a good example of how the company is managing its milestone process.
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During an investor Q&A following Krafton’s recent earnings report, Bae said:
“For you to think that, regarding Subnautica 2 and looking at that case and thinking that within Krafton our milestone and development pipeline is not being well managed… there is a bit of, I believe, a reasoning leap or gap between those two points. I say that because the actions that we have taken on Subnautica 2 actually represent that things are effectively being managed inside Krafton when it comes to milestone management.”
Bae added that because the Subnautica IP has a large following already, he believes that as long as Krafton markets the sequel and then releases it, the game will get good sales regardless of any company politics.
“What we are seeking to do is, we want to make sure that we satisfy the highest level of satisfaction that the gamers have,” Bae continued. “Because we have managed the whole milestone process very rigorously within the company, we were able to make the decision that we made regarding Subnautica 2.”