Unity announced a new fee structure today, and developers are none too happy. “We are introducing a Unity Runtime Fee that is based upon each time a qualifying game is downloaded by an end user,” the company wrote in a blog post announcing the change.
    • Granixo@feddit.clEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      As soon as AV2/H.266 becomes standard, i’d say Youtube would be at risk.

      Edit: Added AV2 to my comment.

        • Granixo@feddit.clEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          I’m not saying that AV2/H.266 would make Youtube worse.

          I’m implying AV2/H.266 would allow us to migrate to a platform other than Youtube.

          Edit: Added AV2 to my comment

          • Rinox@feddit.itEnglish
            14·
            1 year ago

            Why would that be? If h265 is anything to go by, MPEG will probably charge an arm and a leg for h266, and the entire industry will pivot away from MPEG and move to AV2. I’m not even sure YouTube will ever implement h266

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      Wikipedia incorporates pay-to-win mechanics, lootboxes, microtransactions and cosmetics. There will also be a convoluted crafting system with decaying materials and several incompatible currencies for every purpose imaginable.

    • MrMcGasion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Yep, hopefully Godot ends up being the real winner, because with as many AAA studios that have started to abandon their own in-house engines in favor of Unreal, it’s starting to feel a bit like Epic is going to end up with more than a healthy share of the market.

  • spez_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    652·
    1 year ago

    I’m going to install games heaps of times so I can bankrupt any small game companies

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      The in game ads already do that these days.

      Just try to hit that X, haha, tricked you! Installing.

      Any touch of the phone for 30 seconds auto installs…

      • Gianmarco Gargiulo@feddit.itEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Use a firewall app to block that game from accessing the internet (this obviously defeats the purpose of online multiplayer games.)

    • PlexSheep@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      From a Cybersecurity point of view, I think this is a legit attack. Imagine a server that has many virtual machines, all of which automatically trigger the reinstall mechanism as fast as possible.

      If there is not some kind of limitation on that rule, depending on how their mechanism works, you could cost the game creater a lot of money.

  • lechatron@lemmy.todayEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Do you know how many times I install and uninstall a game before I even play it? I could probably destroy a small game company on my own with this fee structure, and I’m sure I’m not alone with the constant installing and uninstalling.

  • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    I brought this up in another thread:

    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.

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      I mean what are they going to do with xcloud plays? Is it just 1 install on the remote Xbox or does it count per player, which means it’s an install every single time someone plays?

      I imagine a lot of the doomsday stuff people are saying are not going to come to pass (and some will!). But it’s this kind of ambiguity that always leads to this kind of speculation.

  • Surreal@programming.devEnglish
    30·
    1 year ago

    Finally, the company announced that it’s discontinuing Unity Plus subscriptions starting today to “simplify the number of plans we offer.” It says existing members on that tier will receive “an offer to upgrade to Unity Pro, for one year, at the current Unity Plus price” via email in mid-October.

    Well sssshhhiitt