Unity has announced dramatic changes to its Unity Engine business model which will see its introduce a monthly fee per …
dramatic changes to its Unity Engine business model which will see its introduce a monthly fee per game install beginning on 1st January next year - a move that has drawn criticism from the development community.
As of 1st January, 2024, however, developers will be expected to pay an additional Unity Runtime Fee per new game install - seemingly including re-installs and installs across multiple devices - per month, on top of their existing subscription, with those fees kicking in for titles that have made $200,000 or more in the last 12 months and have at least 200,000 lifetime game installs.
Unity's new fees will be applied retroactively to all games already on the market that cross its thresholds, and to all to all games regardless of price - raising questions around the viability of free game giveaways, game demos, bundles, and the like - and there is concern developers may now face charges for pirated game installs. Questions also remain about how the new fees will complicate the logistics of being on services like Game Pass.
"It's an absolute fucking catastrophe," Marshall said,"and I'll be jumping ship to Unreal as soon as I can. Most indies simply don't have the resources to deal with these kind of batshit logistics. Publishers are less likely to take on Unity games, because there's now a cost and an overhead," he continued."How this is being tracked is super vague and feels half-thought-through.
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