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Unity to Cap Runtime Fee to 4% of Revenue Over $1M, Users Will Self-Report Figures (wccftech.com)
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The overhauled Runtime Fee policy plan being considered by Unity Technologies will cap the fee to 4% of the game's revenues over $1 million.

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While the changes aren't official yet, Bloomberg got hold of a meeting recording where Unity executives outlined the new plan, which reportedly caps the Runtime Fee at 4% of the game's revenues over one million dollars. Developers will also be asked to report the installation figures themselves instead of being forced to deal with Unity's proprietary technology. Lastly, the installation threshold won't be retroactive, so only new installations made after the policy's announcement will count toward reaching the Runtime Fee thresholds.

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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I mean you definitely got a point, but don't forget that there are long term consequences. The trust is completely gone (which is needed if you invest in this game engine and you will probably see the unity market share drop in the coming year.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But don't you think that pretty much this debacle resembles Reddit and by now most of the users are back to their platform, exactly what they wanted.

Only the nerds and some mods left their platform permanently but percentage wise the number is probably very low and now Reddit is probably earning even more than before. So it is a win win situation for them.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

The big difference is Reddit isn't taking a portion of their wages. It was purely moral outrage.

Things are different once money is involved.

Choosing an engine is a business decision for a lot of people and using a free alternative that isn't quite as feature rich sure seems like the better option now.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Idk why everyone is like "well Reddit won and we're just on Lemmy because we're nerds and no one believes in FOSS anyway". Yes, I get you, there's currently not much consequence visible for the Reddit debacle. I genuinely think we're in the middle of a slow and painful death to Reddit. A lot of big companies don't implode, but they die slowly in front of their competition. Yeah, currently we only are a fraction of users compared to Reddit, but if people truly believe in Lemmy as the better platform, this will be competition.

[–] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pssh, long term consequences are for the next CEO. I got my bonus and stock options.

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree- hopefully we can remember long enough for it to really matter in the long term. Just wanted to bring attention to this cycle because it's been happening a lot lately (Facebook, DnD, etc) and I think the companies are starting to copy eachother.

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no long term consequences unless you have serious competitors and Unity doesn't really, just Unreal Engine.

[–] uskok@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe not today, but getting serious competitors is another long term consequence.