Unity adding a fee for each time a game is installed
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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…
  • AWittyUsername@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    This is the problem with being a whole company on the ecosystem of another, they can pull the rug at any time.

    • reversebananimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      The problem is that its so expensive to build from scratch. All Unity does is build just the engine, and that’s enough to make it a 7000 person company. Trying to build a game engine and then an actual game on top is a herculean effort.

      This is why open source software is so important. It enables these small companies to pool their resources and share an engine as long as they each contribute fixes back.