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Right here
Some Dipshit wrote:
Earlier this week, Unity announced that from 2024 it will start charging developers for the number of downloads / installs of their games.
Developers unsurprisingly threw their proverbial toys out of the pram following the news. I have not seen the f-word (i.e., "fair") thrown around this much by the games folk for a while. As a side note, I always find it quite amusing when for-profit companies (in this case, most developers) accuse another for-profit company (in this case, Unity) of being unfair by wanting to make more money. But to be clear, I can understand their shock and pain some of them will have to deal with.
When it comes to 'fair', it usually depends on who you ask. From Unity's (and likely its shareholders') point of view, it has technically been subsidising developers' work (i.e., operating at a substantial GAAP-basis loss) every year since inception (despite posting a profitable Q4 2022). In the current macroeconomic climate, money is expensive, and investors are increasingly looking for returns rather than non-profitable revenue growth. Unity was able to rely on the growth narrative of the overall games industry propelling it to a sweeter future, but of course, the games industry declined in 2022, so that 'brighter future' argument became a lot tougher to buy into.
GRRR imagine a FOR-PROFIT company complaining about the actions of another FOR-PROFIT company! How dare they!
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Has Unity jumped the shark? by blackwater 09/12/2023, 2:34pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Yes. Epic Games dramatically reduced royalty costs when they noticed Unity by eating their lunch. 09/12/2023, 2:51pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Yes. They are run by stupid people. by I Hate Epic 09/12/2023, 5:00pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
It died today. NT by Mechapaw 09/12/2023, 9:32pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
I saw somewhere that they backed down a little, but the trust is gone. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/13/2023, 7:01pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
"per install" fee didn't mean what I thought it meant by laudablepuss 09/13/2023, 9:07pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: "per install" fee didn't mean what I thought it meant by laudablepuss 09/13/2023, 9:10pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
They have destroyed their company. by Kenji Carter 09/14/2023, 5:43am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Just found the worst take on all of this. by blackwater 09/14/2023, 10:34am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Also by blackwater 09/14/2023, 10:45am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Now devs are turning off Unity ads. NT by MM 09/15/2023, 6:16am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
What was the benefit of having them on to begin with? NT by Mechapaw 09/16/2023, 12:33am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
It was mobile garbage and app cloners. NT by Mysterio3 09/21/2023, 8:56am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
technofeudalism by laudablepuss 09/21/2023, 6:17am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: technofeudalism by Mysterio3 09/21/2023, 7:43am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: technofeudalism by laudablepuss 09/21/2023, 8:01am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: technofeudalism by Mysterio3 09/21/2023, 8:26am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: technofeudalism by Mysterio3 09/21/2023, 8:49am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
You had it right the first time, his conclusions are terrible by Horus Truthteller 09/21/2023, 11:17am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
wrong NT by Slew? Slewed? 09/21/2023, 11:40am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
so it's just one bad apple then by laudablepuss 09/21/2023, 1:32pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Horus is wrong. by Slew? Slewed? 09/21/2023, 2:18pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
yet again mancarryingthings is correct by Breadtube is brain cancer 09/21/2023, 8:50am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: yet again mancarryingthings is correct by laudablepuss 09/21/2023, 9:37am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
BRILLIANT! I have absolutely no idea what's going on. NT by Laudable Homer Simpson 09/21/2023, 10:24am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
It doesn't connect in any way to what I posted NT by laudablepuss 09/21/2023, 10:43am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
The CIA isn't "cancer" NT by It gives the cancer 09/21/2023, 9:43am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
It's so much more than that. It's that. But more than that. NT by Horus Truthteller 09/21/2023, 2:03pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Were these choads just going to ask developers how many copies they sold? by Mechapaw 09/23/2023, 8:44pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
They have some kind of phone-home thing. by blackwater 09/24/2023, 10:47pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
LOL Riccitiello got shit canned ERM UM "stepped down" NT by Mechapaw 10/09/2023, 7:24pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Yes he "retired" or whatever by laudablepuss 10/10/2023, 9:51am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
He's already got an offer from Sony Interactive Entertainment. by Dream Cast 10/11/2023, 12:29am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
They only fail upwards NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/11/2023, 5:42am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
They give him a job now so he can give them a job later. Connected fuckups unite NT by Mischief Maker 10/11/2023, 11:10am PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
Re: LOL Riccitiello got shit canned ERM UM "stepped down" by Mechapaw 07/02/2024, 9:32pm PDT ![NEW](images/pointy-default-new.gif)
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