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LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds

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LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Unity is adding a new charge for every time a game using the Unity Engine is installed, the company announced today. St…
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    So this will apply to games that have already been distributed on stores as well? How the fuck is such a change in the terms even legal?

    I guess this will mostly impact F2P mobile devs since they will lose most money from installs. The good news is that Godot is more than capable for those types of games.

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      “F2P game developers are the biggest fucking idiots” - Unity CEO, c. 2022: https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/18/23269218/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-apology-game-developers-fucking-idiots-ironsource-merger

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        Never forget

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      I not only expect lawsuits out the ass, but tech lobbyists are likely going to fight against it since basically every game uses Unity now.

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