Gaming @lemmy.zip BrikoX @lemmy.zip 11mo ago

Unity will quietly waive fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation

www.eurogamer.net Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report

A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded …

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Ah so that was the plan the whole time.
- Yup. Do something so absurd to generate the rage, then apologize and announce your true intentions under the guise of a compromise.
- the other shoe hath fallen.
Godot has a Humble Bundle of examples and tutorials right now.

Unreal Engine is also extremely powerful and comes with the bonus of being able to learn how to use it by making maps for Fortnite.
- I'll just link it here for anyone who wants to see it.
  
  https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_1_c_everythingyouneedtoknowaboutgodot4encore_softwarebundle
  
  Good lord that is a long link.
  
  https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software
  
  You can discard everything past the first question mark.
- learn how to use it by making maps for Fortnite
  
  Oh wow! I don't like fortnite, but I really appreciate the pre-existing test/training environment
- GameMaker is also a very capable 2D engine that you can use for free until you want to export, by which time you can get a subscription less than a cup of coffee.
  
  Plenty of other engines beyond unity, no matter the game you want to make.
Once again, Unity shows that it doesn't care about its PC games.
What is it with big companies suddenly shitting on their users?
- Interest rates went up, shareholders asked for returns on their investment and companies are trying to get there in the least amount of time no matter the cost. Even if the cost is total destruction of the trust in their companies. CEOs are stupid like that (as they will just hop to the next company and still get huge bonus after they get replaced).
  
  Is it really that they are stupid, if it works for them and boards keep hiring them after doing so?
  
  Or is it that they and the boards turning a quick profit by bleeding the company dry and fucking over employees and customers alike for their own gain are simply the beneficiaries of an unfair system?
Well, there it is.
- If you put ! at the beginning of your link it embeds the image just a FYI
  
  Where at the beginning? I format it like this: ![](URL) and the best I can do is get it to show the preview button.
Mild shock! Remember when they 'joined forces' with IronSource, a company that develops 'ad technology' last year? Is anyone really surprised by this?
- This was the first thing that came to my mind as i heard the monetization news.
  
  What i don't understand is in what world throwing away your credibility first would be considered a "good business move"
I think it’s time to get off the unity train as soon as possible. This shit stinks and they might take a step back, but they’ll always push that limit again. Unreal engine has always been super fair about the monetization imo
- While Unreal monetization is better, their EULA and ToS and as bad as Unity so they can do the same thing anytime.
  
  They could, but I’ve always heard/read they make so much money from everything else they really don’t care too much to fuck over devs like that. Have they ever done something similar to a dev team? Honest question
Okay here we fucking go
Unity be like:

Market share? What is that? Can you eat it? Let's get rid of it.

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