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Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off (www.theverge.com)
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Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off::Unity has announced that starting on January 1st, 2024, it will implement a new pricing model that will charge developers based on how many times a game was installed.

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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They expect Game Pass titles to have their bill footed by Microsoft.

There's kicking the nest, and then there's kicking the fucking queen bee.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Honestly the most credible theory I can come up with for why Unity is doing this is that it's an attempt to force MS to acquire them to stop the effect this BS will have on gamepass and C#

[–] romaselli@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thats still a really stupid plan. If they want to be bought off you'd assume they'd want to sell out at the best possible price. This measure is going to make their valuation sink so hard that they could be bought out for peanuts.

[–] Magiccupcake@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

That sounds like a good deal for whoever ends up buying unity

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Microsoft isn’t in a position to acquire any other significant gaming companies in the near term, imo.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, Microsoft isn't going to blow up its shaky, but actual money maker Activision deal for a loser like Unity.

[–] RoverRacecar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's actually an interesting theory, I don't believe it, but would be cool. Feel like Microsoft would have enough backing too off against Epic.

Though, they are funding o3de right now.

[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Either microsoft buys them, or they simply stop putting unity games on gamepass.

Can't see them paying it (or on what basis, since MS don't have a contract with unity in the first place).