New Owner For Kerbal Space Program Revealed! Any Hope For KSP2?

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0:00 New owners for Kerbal Space Program
1:27 Quick recap
2:08 The big news
3:25 Don't get your hopes up
6:05 Going to the source
8:29 How gaming media fails us
13:43 Yes, this is a bit of a rant
14:31 TL;DR

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[ShadowZone]

I forgot to mention something: A couple of weeks ago, model rocket builder Estes released new Kerbal themed models. This marketing maneuver was unknown to the former KSP2 team members I spoke to. So I guess that's already an example of this "make the most out of the license by selling what you can" I allude to in the video.

[dandoesstuff]

"I wouldn't say saved.. more like under new management"

[Phoenix.D]

Uh oh. The second I heard "private equity firm" I thought we're so cooked"

[blockstacker]

"Take 2 no longer owns KSP"
:D
"Private equity firm"

[mikekopack]

At this point, Kitten is the only real viable path forward. Trying to reuse the KSP1 or 2 code base is just going to be going back to the same problems that we've had all along. Hack on top of hack to try to build a 3D space sim in a game engine not designed for it.

[rev]

to be perfectly honest... i somewhat expected to hear an ad for Ground News somewhere in the vid. I did not, which actually made me glad. not because i don't like ads about it, it's just because shadowzone was really honestly mad about the unprofessionel work which was delivered by said media outlets. that implies he is actually considering his "job" the way it should be. you did earn my atmost respect shadowzone

[lordaule]

I love your rant on the current state of journalism. The idea commercialized news was scary 15 years ago. Now it’s just created the horrible world we live in today. That being said, where do you trust to get your news? There are so few outlets that don’t jump through these hoops that it is difficult to find reliable, unbiased, consistent news sources for any field.

[marccendros]

The moment I knew it was private equity my hopes (which I though were already at its lowest) plummeted. Also, you are so right about journalism. I avoid 90% of clickbait titles, but for the 10% I actually fall for, I almost always find out have no actual content. In fact I learnt about the new owners some days ago, and I thougt "ShadowZone has not released a video about it? The man must be doing his homework." And he was. Thank you, ShadowZone.

[ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

I wish we'd let KSP2 die already. Its time to support KSA since all the real people who built and supported KSP are there.

[linuxgurugamer]

Mods are still being written and maintained for KSP

[JohnnyBGod]

YouTube has broken me. When you started analyzing the news coverage in the last segment, I fully expected a Ground News plug was coming.

[linuxgurugamer]

I love your critical analysis of the writing of the articles

[djsmeguk]

2:22 "private equity firm". RIP KSP, we loved you. That employee page is an AI fiction, not one of those people exists I'll bet. The real people are going to slice and dice until there's nothing left, just as you say in the video.

[thespacepeacock]

Thanks for making a video on this! Ive seen a lot of people confused about who owns what now, this should help make things a bit clearer. Thanks for calling out the media too, the second hand reporting on this was horrendous.

I also consider any significant changes to ksp2’s situation anytime soon to be unlikely, but all we can do is wait and see (as usual)

[Pangora]

I'm worried abut Kitten Space program, because there no way it can be fun if I EVA from a suborbital ship and all my explorers still land on their feet. What fun is that?

[AscanioVitale]

I couldn’t agree more with your critic to “modern” journalism. All the support from an Italian colleague. I write technical and divulgative articles on sustainability and energy and devote hours of research for each piece to be accurate, objective and independent.

[Ylyrra]

That RPS article wasn't news, it was a gossip column. Thanks for calling it out. KSP2 isn't being resurrected, a private equity firm saw they could get some assets at a distressed price and had the liquidity to hold onto them while seeking to flip them at a profit, that's all. To maximise their returns they snapped up some veteran industry staff on the publishing side, which are the people best placed to know the value of those assets and who might be interesting in buying them, probably also at a distressed hiring price because of the Annapurna fallout.

Honestly it's a rare case of private equity appearing to do exactly what it's supposed to do by salvaging from the wreckage rather than causing the wreckage themselves.

No mention is made of KSP2, only of the franchise. They're probably just going to keep it running for mostly passive income from the first game, and do nothing else with the franchise unless someone makes them a good enough offer for the IP, and the only likely buyer in town appears to be lukewarm to the idea (which may be a negotiating position, but may also just be truth).

[NickNystrom]

Private equity? Say no more, KSP2 is dead, and if you think you see it stumbling around one night, remember that's just a re-animated zombie summoned by one of the soulless warlocks that work at Havarti Investments or whatever the fuck that place calls itself.

[SpartanNat]

I think KSP, as an IP, is completely dead in the water. The new owners 95+% chance won’t want to collaborate with Rocketwerkz and KSA since that would mean the IP is out of their control in some way. I’d honestly say if anything the question becomes what happens to the KSP forums if KSA takes over the community.

[Sal-T]

The logical thing to do with an incomplete to make it profitable are:
1: Complete the game (Unlikely. Quite costly.)
2: License the IP to someone else.
3. Sell the IP/code.
I'm guessing either 2 or 3. Probably will try 2, and fall back on 3.