Subnautica 2 Pirate Reports Bug on Official Discord, Gets Lectured
The incident is a rare case of a pirate user voluntarily exposing themselves in a developer-run space, prompting a public response that balanced frustration with a call for legitimate purchasing.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, GameBusiness.jp.
A user playing a pirated copy of Subnautica 2 posted a bug report on the game's official Discord server, outing themselves as an illegitimate player. Lead designer Anthony Gallegos responded with sarcasm and a lecture, telling the user to "rethink your life choices." The post has since been deleted.
Unknown Worlds Entertainment launched Subnautica 2 into early access on May 14, and within 12 hours it sold over 2 million copies. But a pirated version had already been circulating before release. A user who obtained that version came to the official Discord server to report a bug, effectively announcing they were playing illegally.
Lead game designer Anthony Gallegos responded publicly. He thanked the user for illegally obtaining a game the team spent years making, then told them to rethink their life choices. He later said he was not trying to condemn users who cannot tell right from wrong, but that flaunting illegal play in front of legitimate users and developers was what angered him. The pirate user's post has been deleted.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.