Some developers are seriously considering de-listing their games from online shops when the Unity Runtime Fee kicks off at the start of next year, meaning some titles built on Unity could end up being temporarily — or permanently — unavailable. Here's what developers are saying about the Unity Runtime Fee on social media, and what games could be impacted.
  • shawnshitshow@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2041·
    1 year ago

    1.5 years of learning unity gone down the shitter. here I come, godot

    even if they backtrack, trust is ruined at this point. this only makes sense if you’re trying to destroy the company intentionally and short your stock on the way out. what the fuck

    • Kichae@kbin.social
      97·
      1 year ago

      1.5 years of learning unity gone down the shitter.

      And this is the real damage to their business here. They clearly lost sight of their business model: Create an army of developers who know their product very well, so that it’s on a short list of products studios are all but forced to consider.

      A wave of developers who know soemthing other than Unity or Unreal has the potential to turn the games development ecosystem totally on its head. They didn’t shoot themselves on the foot, they possibly shot themselves in the femoral artery.

      • jayandp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        They didn’t shoot themselves on the foot, they possibly shot themselves in the femoral artery.

        I myself have been describing it as them shooting themselves in the chest, and are now bleeding out on the floor asking how it happened.