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A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation.

MobileGamer sources say Unity has already offered some studios a 100% fee waiver - if they switch over to Unity's own LevelPlay ad platform.

The report quotes industry consultants that say this move is an "attempt to destroy" Unity's main competitior in this field: AppLovin.

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[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 130 points 1 year ago

Shareholders prefer constant steady income over one time purchases. Hence why they prefer subscriptions and ads.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

Well... Peasants need this hot thing called voting with your feet and money...

Amazing things can be done esp in 100% discretionary sectors.

But nahh...

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

I know they do, and I hate it so so much...

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's why I'm gonna buy Procreate Dreams even if I'm not an animator.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well yeah. Subscriptions make a shitload of money compared to a one-time payment.

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