mccSep 12, 2023

I spent most of the time I've been trying to run a game company regretting the early decision to not use Unity for my project. But reading this, I'm really, really, *really* glad I don't have Unity anywhere in my stack

https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates

Things that stand out here:

- The pricing plan is baffling. It's like they designed it to make it impossible for you to make rational decisions about what you're getting into
- If they bait-switch you like this now, what will they do in ANOTHER 2 years?

Unity plan pricing and packaging updates | Unity Blog

In January 2024, Unity will introduce a new Unity Runtime Fee based on game installs. Prior to this, Unity subscription plans will add cloud-based asset storage, Unity DevOps tools, and AI at runtime at no additional cost.

Unity Blog
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Sep 12, 2023

@mcc 1) are any of their executives recently from Oracle? 2) This sounds disturbingly like Reddit's handling of their API changes and pricing impacts on developers - devastating, but Reddit decision makers didn't care (except about being disrespected) because their target was VC funded AI companies not actual users.

And 3) does this mean that if I buy an iOS game and put it on a phone *and* iPad that it costs the dev more? And if it's shareable with family they may lose money on my purchase?

Show threadmccSep 12, 2023
@fencepost Re question (3)— that is correct per my reading of the FAQ and according to journalist Stephen Totilo he has confirmed with the company this is the case
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦
@mcc every game dev with something in Apple Arcade or Google's equivalent had better start the process of removing their games immediately.
Sep 12, 2023 at 9:37pmWeb