Unity is Canceling the Runtime Fee

20 Comments

  1. LeoManastorm

    I’m not surprised. Good job at boycotting Unity, devs. I love competition.

  2. zachtheperson

    So in other words: it took _one entire year_ for Unity to decide shooting itself in the foot with a 12-guage probably isn’t going end well for them.

  3. They’re only cancelling it until enough time has passed and they think they can get away with it again

  4. Maybe they thought they could ride out the discontent, but Godot has just gone from strength to strength this year and they must be worried.

  5. Keep-it-simple

    I’m only just now dipping my toe in game dev and I’ve already written off Unity as not a viable option. No amount of backtracking will undo that viewpoint unfortunately. 

  6. CapNCookM8

    Thanks to all devs who switched, but I’m especially thankful to MegaCrit for being so transparently disappointed in Unity and their vocal transition to (I think) Godot with Slay the Spire 2.

  7. SRSgoblin

    “What if we retroactively fuck over the people that used our software?”

    “Masterful gambit, sir.”

  8. supershade

    Too little too late.

    Developers have been scared away from Unity and they do not offer anything other tools cannot match or exceed. Company is doomed to failure….

  9. ChirpToast

    Don’t think this sub knows how big Unity is not only in gaming, but in other areas like VR/AR.

    Godot isn’t scaring them, even though it’s a good alternative.

  10. Sirrus92

    bury unity. dont ever use it again. they did it once they will do it again soon.

  11. LazloHollifeld

    I’m sure they took a look at games in active development and saw a huge drop off of games in the pipeline and decided it was finally time to reverse coarse. Well this is all too little too late and the devs that they pissed off decided already to switch to other engines like godot a year ago. I’m sure we’ll ready in 18-24 months that they’re shutting down.

  12. shhhpark

    Hopefully unity is feeling the pain of their shitty decisions. Fuck em

  13. TheResidentEvil

    they are not doing this to be nice so it’s definitely hurting them. good

  14. WrastleGuy

    And then how long before they reverse that?  It takes a long time to build trust and an instant to lose it.

  15. DrIvoPingasnik

    Yeah nah, when I see a dog that bites I’m staying well clear of it. 

    Unity bit the hands that was feeding it, now those hands left and others took note to stay away.

  16. SmLSugarLumps

    Matt and his stupid ass glasses got scared

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