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dingleberry , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

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ElBarto , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Are all the building in silicone Valley painted with lead paint, the fuck these tech companies doing lately.

ilmagico , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

I started playing with Godot, but I was thinking that if I want to get serious, I really ought to learn Unity … guess maybe not ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Now instead, I hope this pushes more indie devs to use and improve Godot, help make it production ready :)

Ghostalmedia , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

I smell an excellent class action lawsuit brewing since they don’t seem to be grandfathering in people who made large business investments with their per-seat model.

whodoctor11 , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

And that’s how Unreal become a monopoly in 3d game development

lechatron , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Do you know how many times I install and uninstall a game before I even play it? I could probably destroy a small game company on my own with this fee structure, and I’m sure I’m not alone with the constant installing and uninstalling.

ILikeBoobies , 10 months ago to pcgaming in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Seems weird with how friendly Unreal and Godots deals are

You’d think they would be competing with that

conorab , 10 months ago to pcgaming in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

I’m surprised it’s not per-seat or per-user. Not like the dev is getting more money if the user re-installs the game. Also not a fan of it being monthly. I get why you would charge twice if the user installs it twice since you may not be able to track concurrent installs without DRM, but that should only apply if you choose a per-install licence. Per-install also opens you up to malicious users installing/uninstalling to make you pay.

There should be a per-seat/per-user perpetual price if the dev never updates the Unity engine itself. I get charging per-seat/per-user monthly if they devs are pulling in new versions, but that should stop if you cease updating.

Came here after a friend linked me to this: twitter.com/stephentotilo/…/1701679721027633280

Scrof , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Godot FTW

PostalDude , 10 months ago

Darn! Beat me to it! Been using it for 7 years after switching from unity and haven’t looked back!

Coreidan , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Must have come from the Reddit play book

Caligvla , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

As if Epic needed any more help completely obliterating Unity in every conceivable way.

just_another_person , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Good way to kill your business. Way to go, you greedy jerks.

gravitas_deficiency , 10 months ago to pcgaming in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

A few cents of 0 downloads is $0 lolololololol

Also, I don’t expect a unilateral and very one-sided payment and service contract modification is going to stand up in court.

Silverseren , 10 months ago to technology in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

Is this a cry for help? Do we need to get them some therapy?

pe1uca , 10 months ago to pcgaming in Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed

if a player deletes and reinstalls a game, that counts for two installs and two charges. Ditto for players installing a single game on two devices.

Wow, I’m without words, I can only imagine the deals to be ended on games in places like Netflix or the Google play pass