They could have done anything.
With the model they have, they could have literally done what all the other live service games do.
A skin
Extra XP
Extra Gold
Extra ANY OF THE PILE OF CURRENCIES WE HAVE.
Heck, could have been a desktop theme or phone background. ANYTHING.
I mean. There MIGHT be some news coming up. MIGHT. In the pipes.
Lets not forget that the last round when they raised their capital in 2021 and Tencent became major shareholders came DIRECTLY from the founder’s shares. All 10M$ of it. There is 5 of em, so thats a cool 2M each directly in their pocket (which means it didnt go to Fatshark as an investment most likely). The initial private equity sale in 2018 was only for 36% and the founders kept majority. It was only at the end of 2020 / early 2021 did they sale the last 15% for Tencent to be major holder.
There is no heart and soul left at Fatshark. And it shows. Looks up any of the founders social media or the way Fatshark has handled itself in the past 2 years. Actually, a few months before the initial investment by Tencent in 2019, Fatshark acquired A Sweet Studio in October 2018 to keep working on VT2. The founder of A sweet studio then worked for Fatshark and left at the end of 2019 to found a new gaming company.
Heck, their recruitment websites (careers) still mentions Darktide as an UPCOMING game.
They dont even have their house in order. Its leaking everywhere. All it takes is a little bit of looking around (which I should have done before buying the game). My personal tin foil theory is they are trying to sell the last 49%.