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Unity Hi there. It's certainly been a week, hasn't it? Recently, Unity's been going through some changes. We just announced that Unity will now be charging a flat fee to the developers for every install think of it like a rental payment and we purged our terms of service agreements. We also said that we can track user installs retroactively, implying that we've been constantly and secretly harvesting the data of users who didn't consent to it. This might put us in direct violation of GDPR, which would be illegal (and immoral!). We just want to say: we hear you. We don't care, but we do hear you. And the reason why we don't care is simple: we're just trying to pick the bones of this company clean before we all bail out. Our CEO, John Riccitiello, sold 2,000 of his shares the week before we made this announcement; he's sold 50,610 since the start of the year. Tomer Bar-Zeev, our president of growth, sold 37,500 shares two weeks ago; two days earlier, our board director Shlomo Dovrat sold 68,454. Some would suggest that this is insider trading, and they'd likely be correct. But we're all rich, so it's not like we're getting in trouble for this. Some companies like Nintendo and Disney are gonna sue us over this, we'll shutter Unity, and then walk away unscathed with the millions we made from selling off our stock. The good news is this: developers won't have to worry about paying the install fee, because Unity as a company will no longer exist by this time next year. Even if it does, you'd have to be pretty oblivious to ever work with us again. This is the best marketing push Godot might ever see.
Unity Hi there. It's certainly been a week, hasn't it? Recently, Unity's been going through some changes. We just announced that Unity will now be charging a flat fee to the developers for every install think of it like a rental payment and we purged our terms of service agreements. We also said that we can track user installs retroactively, implying that we've been constantly and secretly harvesting the data of users who didn't consent to it. This might put us in direct violation of GDPR, which would be illegal (and immoral!). We just want to say: we hear you. We don't care, but we do hear you. And the reason why we don't care is simple: we're just trying to pick the bones of this company clean before we all bail out. Our CEO, John Riccitiello, sold 2,000 of his shares the week before we made this announcement; he's sold 50,610 since the start of the year. Tomer Bar-Zeev, our president of growth, sold 37,500 shares two weeks ago; two days earlier, our board director Shlomo Dovrat sold 68,454. Some would suggest that this is insider trading, and they'd likely be correct. But we're all rich, so it's not like we're getting in trouble for this. Some companies like Nintendo and Disney are gonna sue us over this, we'll shutter Unity, and then walk away unscathed with the millions we made from selling off our stock. The good news is this: developers won't have to worry about paying the install fee, because Unity as a company will no longer exist by this time next year. Even if it does, you'd have to be pretty oblivious to ever work with us again. This is the best marketing push Godot might ever see.

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Me after hearing that my favorite games will deleted by their studios because of Unity's new pay-per-download policy:
Me after hearing that my favorite games will deleted by their studios because of Unity's new pay-per-download policy:

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Anonymous Installs over the Install Threshold 1-100,000 100,001- 500,000 500,001- 1,000,000 1,000,001+ Game New Unity fee Unity Personal and Unity Plus 09/13/23(Wed)07:22:50 No.650629803 Standard monthly rate $0.20 per install My Unity Pro $0.15 per install $0.075 per install $0.03 per install $0.02 per install games Game. Unity Enterprise 169460728240682694.jpg 180 KB JPG $0.125 per install $0.06 per install $0.02 per install $0.01 per install (downloads) (downloads) Lifetime free licenses (?) 12,162,883 Lifetime total units (?) 12,162,912 Lifetime free licenses (?) 16,400,141 Lifetime total units (?) 16,400,180 28,000,000 x 0.20$ = 5,600,000$ >The industry is finally getting tired of indie devs being better than Triple A so they pull this s--- to effectively kill indie gaming it was fun while it lasted, rip
Anonymous Installs over the Install Threshold 1-100,000 100,001- 500,000 500,001- 1,000,000 1,000,001+ Game New Unity fee Unity Personal and Unity Plus 09/13/23(Wed)07:22:50 No.650629803 Standard monthly rate $0.20 per install My Unity Pro $0.15 per install $0.075 per install $0.03 per install $0.02 per install games Game. Unity Enterprise 169460728240682694.jpg 180 KB JPG $0.125 per install $0.06 per install $0.02 per install $0.01 per install (downloads) (downloads) Lifetime free licenses (?) 12,162,883 Lifetime total units (?) 12,162,912 Lifetime free licenses (?) 16,400,141 Lifetime total units (?) 16,400,180 28,000,000 x 0.20$ = 5,600,000$ >The industry is finally getting tired of indie devs being better than Triple A so they pull this s--- to effectively kill indie gaming it was fun while it lasted, rip

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Ecor Lef Imgflip.com Authoritarian Unity reveals plans to charge per game install, drawing criticism from development community UPDATE: Unity attempts clarification. Unity Libertarian camint omic- iht
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The whole gaming industry uniting their lawyers to give Unity the ass kicking of the millennium Microsoft Nintendo® SONY HC VOVERSE
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Eurogamer @eurogamer ALT Unity bosses sold stock days before development fees announcement, raising eyebrows Traduire le post eurogamer.net/unity-bosses-s... websummit ... 7:38 AM - 13 sept. 2023 89 k vues
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The devs of Slay The Spire are migrating to other engine

the MEGA Slay Spire CRIT The Mega Crit team has been hard at work these past 2+ years on a new game. But unlike with Slay the Spire, the engine we have been developing it in is Unity. The retroactive pricing structure of Runtime Fees is not only harmful in a myriad of ways to developers--especially indies--it is also a violation of trust. We believe Unity is fully aware of this, seeing as they have gone so far as to remove their TOS from GitHub. Despite the immense amount of time and effort our team has already poured into development on our new title, we will be migrating to a new engine unless the changes are completely reverted and TOS protections are put in place. We have never made a public statement before. That is how badly you f----- up.
the MEGA Slay Spire CRIT The Mega Crit team has been hard at work these past 2+ years on a new game. But unlike with Slay the Spire, the engine we have been developing it in is Unity. The retroactive pricing structure of Runtime Fees is not only harmful in a myriad of ways to developers--especially indies--it is also a violation of trust. We believe Unity is fully aware of this, seeing as they have gone so far as to remove their TOS from GitHub. Despite the immense amount of time and effort our team has already poured into development on our new title, we will be migrating to a new engine unless the changes are completely reverted and TOS protections are put in place. We have never made a public statement before. That is how badly you f----- up.

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GET BANKRUPT

: Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)16:11:28 No.650556521 RES UNINSTALL Would you like to uninstall Among Us from this computer? It will remain in your Games Library, but to play it in the future, you will need to first redownload all of its content. >INSTALL >DELETE >INSTALL >DELETE >INSTALL >DELETE Uninstall Cancel 1663590861619510.png 84 KB PNG GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT HE PERFECT T
: Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)16:11:28 No.650556521 RES UNINSTALL Would you like to uninstall Among Us from this computer? It will remain in your Games Library, but to play it in the future, you will need to first redownload all of its content. >INSTALL >DELETE >INSTALL >DELETE >INSTALL >DELETE Uninstall Cancel 1663590861619510.png 84 KB PNG GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT GET BANKRUPT HE PERFECT T

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The more I read the "made with Unity" section of Wikipedia, the more baffled I grow at their actions | /r/memes

What the Unity situation looks like What the Unity situation actually is A list of games running on Unity: -Genshin Impact -Honkai Star Rail -Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl -Fate GO -Among Us -Fall Guys ReCore The Silver Case HD Remaster YIIK: A Postmodern Game Wasteland 2 Wasteland 3 Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Will of the Wisps Firewatch Oddworld: Soulstorm Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! OlliOlli World Outer Wilds unity Battletoads (2020 video game) Cities: Skylines The Elder Scrolls: Legends Gwent: The Witcher Card Game unity Cult of the Lamb Marvel Snap Rollerdrome Ultrakill DUSK Pinball Parlor (als Judgement) Cuphead Beat Saber Rust Subnautica My Friend Pedro Among Us Tunic Classic DOOM (L Hearthstone The Lab Bendy and the Ink Machine Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Life is Strange: Before the Storm Night in the Woods Hiveswap Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality VRChat The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Kerbal Space Program 1 and 2 Pony Island
What the Unity situation looks like What the Unity situation actually is A list of games running on Unity: -Genshin Impact -Honkai Star Rail -Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl -Fate GO -Among Us -Fall Guys ReCore The Silver Case HD Remaster YIIK: A Postmodern Game Wasteland 2 Wasteland 3 Ori and the Blind Forest Ori and the Will of the Wisps Firewatch Oddworld: Soulstorm Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! OlliOlli World Outer Wilds unity Battletoads (2020 video game) Cities: Skylines The Elder Scrolls: Legends Gwent: The Witcher Card Game unity Cult of the Lamb Marvel Snap Rollerdrome Ultrakill DUSK Pinball Parlor (als Judgement) Cuphead Beat Saber Rust Subnautica My Friend Pedro Among Us Tunic Classic DOOM (L Hearthstone The Lab Bendy and the Ink Machine Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Life is Strange: Before the Storm Night in the Woods Hiveswap Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality VRChat The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Kerbal Space Program 1 and 2 Pony Island

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Unity's TOS (pre-October 13, 2022)

# 8. MODIFICATIONS. Unity may update these Unity Software Additional Terms at any time for any reason and without notice (the "Updated Terms") and those Updated Terms will apply to the most recent current-year version of the Unity Software, provided that, if the Updated Terms adversely impact your rights, you may elect to continue to use any current-year versions of the Unity Software (e.g., 2018.x and 2018.y and any Long Term Supported (LTS) versions for that current-year release) according to the terms that applied just prior to the Updated Terms (the "Prior Terms"). The Updated Terms will then not apply to your use of those current-year versions unless and until you update to a subsequent year version of the Unity Software (e.g. from 2019.4 to 2020.1). If material modifications are made to these Terms, Unity will endeavor to notify you of the modification. If a modification is required to comply with applicable law, the modification will apply notwithstanding this section. Except as explicitly set forth in this paragraph, your use of any new version or release of the Unity Software will be subject to the Updated Terms applicable to that release or version. You understand that it is your responsibility to maintain complete records establishing your entitlement to Prior Terms.
# 8. MODIFICATIONS. Unity may update these Unity Software Additional Terms at any time for any reason and without notice (the "Updated Terms") and those Updated Terms will apply to the most recent current-year version of the Unity Software, provided that, if the Updated Terms adversely impact your rights, you may elect to continue to use any current-year versions of the Unity Software (e.g., 2018.x and 2018.y and any Long Term Supported (LTS) versions for that current-year release) according to the terms that applied just prior to the Updated Terms (the "Prior Terms"). The Updated Terms will then not apply to your use of those current-year versions unless and until you update to a subsequent year version of the Unity Software (e.g. from 2019.4 to 2020.1). If material modifications are made to these Terms, Unity will endeavor to notify you of the modification. If a modification is required to comply with applicable law, the modification will apply notwithstanding this section. Except as explicitly set forth in this paragraph, your use of any new version or release of the Unity Software will be subject to the Updated Terms applicable to that release or version. You understand that it is your responsibility to maintain complete records establishing your entitlement to Prior Terms.

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Apology from Unity (joke)

Unity Community, We are listening. Upon reflection, we realize we should have sought more input from our community and valued partners before implementing such a significant change. We fell short in this aspect, and for that, we are genuinely sorry. We have always prided ourselves on the transparent and symbiotic relationship we have with our user base. Unity's success story is intrinsically linked to the achievements and growth of our developers. Effective immediately, we will be taking a 50% revenue split from your games and investing it directly in the Al technology you love. We also might buy another adware company or launch a third SRP. Shut the f--- up and take it. Unity®
Unity Community, We are listening. Upon reflection, we realize we should have sought more input from our community and valued partners before implementing such a significant change. We fell short in this aspect, and for that, we are genuinely sorry. We have always prided ourselves on the transparent and symbiotic relationship we have with our user base. Unity's success story is intrinsically linked to the achievements and growth of our developers. Effective immediately, we will be taking a 50% revenue split from your games and investing it directly in the Al technology you love. We also might buy another adware company or launch a third SRP. Shut the f--- up and take it. Unity®

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Statement from alleged Unity employee

incredulous  Joined: Today Posts: 1 Current Unity employee here. I feel compelled to post something because I'm completely appalled at some of the initial choices for this new pricing model and most importantly at the poor and confusing communications around it. I and many, many of my colleagues have had a very bad last 12+ hours. We work hard to give you the tools to create amazing games all the way from indie to large studios. We love celebrating your successes with the Unity engine and many of us are up in arms internally about all this. Let's explain what the changes are about in plain English: 1. Unity needs to generate more revenue to eventually be a profitable company so we can sustain developing Unity for many years to come. Employees need to be paid or there's no engine, as simple as that. 2. Many very profitable game studios pay very little to Unity compared to their other costs of business, despite the Unity engine being an essential part of their game/product. The price changes are aimed at this ~10% of customers as a way to scale their costs with success via revenue+installs. 3. Yes, there's also a will to bring more users on Unity pro when they use Unity to build a product for a business with meaningful revenue. Sadly, good news of the extended availability of Unity free to larger funding thresholds and some extra features were buried in everything else. To focus on a few key points that have somewhat changed since the initial announcements... Sadly the OP and FAQS haven't been fully updated yet with some of these changes. 1. Installs 1. Installs are meant to be per unique user. 2. Cl, tests, and other automations will not be charged 3. We don't want to charge for fraudulent installs (install bombs, piracy, etc.) 4. There will not be an embedded "phone home" mechanism 5. Unity hasn't actually completely figured out how to count installs yet. Whatever the solution is, it will be conservative. It will potentially/probably undercount installs, but definitely not overcount. 2. We will not charge for charities 3. For subscription services, Unity will talk with the subscription service's distributor, not the game creator 4. There will be an online calculator very soon (TM) to model your potential costs 5. Yes, in this current form, it's possible for successful games with very high install counts and low enough per- install revenue to lose money when more people install their game. 1. When this is raised internally, the answer is "we would fix this with the customer to not bankrupt them". It would be great to prevent this upstream in the actual policy. Know also that all of the concerns that are understandably blowing up at the moment have been raised internally by many weeks before this announcement. Why it was decided to rush this out anyway in this way I can only speculate about. Personal hopes for further corrections to this pricing model: 1. Address point 5 above so we don't punish success 2. Reverse course to charge per-install fees to already published games (that still generate sizable revenue) 1. And change the terms to guarantee that a similar retroactive price change can never happen again! 3. Get our act together in terms of comms and marketing to avoid generating so much needless panic and anxiety both from you all and internally. Take care of each other, and take a break from all this for your mental health if you need it. And don't stop respectfully yelling at crazy ideas so they can be corrected. incredulous, 14 minutes ago Report Last edited: 8 minutes ago # 2745 Like Reply
incredulous  Joined: Today Posts: 1 Current Unity employee here. I feel compelled to post something because I'm completely appalled at some of the initial choices for this new pricing model and most importantly at the poor and confusing communications around it. I and many, many of my colleagues have had a very bad last 12+ hours. We work hard to give you the tools to create amazing games all the way from indie to large studios. We love celebrating your successes with the Unity engine and many of us are up in arms internally about all this. Let's explain what the changes are about in plain English: 1. Unity needs to generate more revenue to eventually be a profitable company so we can sustain developing Unity for many years to come. Employees need to be paid or there's no engine, as simple as that. 2. Many very profitable game studios pay very little to Unity compared to their other costs of business, despite the Unity engine being an essential part of their game/product. The price changes are aimed at this ~10% of customers as a way to scale their costs with success via revenue+installs. 3. Yes, there's also a will to bring more users on Unity pro when they use Unity to build a product for a business with meaningful revenue. Sadly, good news of the extended availability of Unity free to larger funding thresholds and some extra features were buried in everything else. To focus on a few key points that have somewhat changed since the initial announcements... Sadly the OP and FAQS haven't been fully updated yet with some of these changes. 1. Installs 1. Installs are meant to be per unique user. 2. Cl, tests, and other automations will not be charged 3. We don't want to charge for fraudulent installs (install bombs, piracy, etc.) 4. There will not be an embedded "phone home" mechanism 5. Unity hasn't actually completely figured out how to count installs yet. Whatever the solution is, it will be conservative. It will potentially/probably undercount installs, but definitely not overcount. 2. We will not charge for charities 3. For subscription services, Unity will talk with the subscription service's distributor, not the game creator 4. There will be an online calculator very soon (TM) to model your potential costs 5. Yes, in this current form, it's possible for successful games with very high install counts and low enough per- install revenue to lose money when more people install their game. 1. When this is raised internally, the answer is "we would fix this with the customer to not bankrupt them". It would be great to prevent this upstream in the actual policy. Know also that all of the concerns that are understandably blowing up at the moment have been raised internally by many weeks before this announcement. Why it was decided to rush this out anyway in this way I can only speculate about. Personal hopes for further corrections to this pricing model: 1. Address point 5 above so we don't punish success 2. Reverse course to charge per-install fees to already published games (that still generate sizable revenue) 1. And change the terms to guarantee that a similar retroactive price change can never happen again! 3. Get our act together in terms of comms and marketing to avoid generating so much needless panic and anxiety both from you all and internally. Take care of each other, and take a break from all this for your mental health if you need it. And don't stop respectfully yelling at crazy ideas so they can be corrected. incredulous, 14 minutes ago Report Last edited: 8 minutes ago # 2745 Like Reply

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: Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)22:27:03 No.650592448 Hi 1694566646434838.png 461 KB PNG >OH NO, I DEVELOPED IT WITH UNITY : Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)23:22:50 No.650596608 file.png 854 KB PNG aduit swim] >>650596695 # >>650599659 # >>650606809 # ROL [adult swim] >>650592448 (OP) # >OH THE ENGINE'S F----- MORTY WE GOTTA PORT IT >8 MONTHS >8 MONTHS TO PORT THE GAME TO UNREAL
: Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)22:27:03 No.650592448 Hi 1694566646434838.png 461 KB PNG >OH NO, I DEVELOPED IT WITH UNITY : Anonymous 09/12/23(Tue)23:22:50 No.650596608 file.png 854 KB PNG aduit swim] >>650596695 # >>650599659 # >>650606809 # ROL [adult swim] >>650592448 (OP) # >OH THE ENGINE'S F----- MORTY WE GOTTA PORT IT >8 MONTHS >8 MONTHS TO PORT THE GAME TO UNREAL

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Consumer Softproducts Oy SOF PRODUCTS @CSoftproducts CONSUMER we're not paying unity for installs we are using darktech advanced global protection matrix antifragility core stealth connection install system (godot game engine) Cruelty Squad was the first big 3D AAAAA+ game to use this military enterprise grade tech, a radiant success story 3:24 AM - Sep 13, 2023 108.1K Views E ررسی [47

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