Unity unites the indie game industry against its new pricing model

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All the latest news on the Unity pricing controversy.

. Under the new model, Unity plans to charge developers on a per-install basis after certain revenue and game download thresholds are met.with reports of death threats to the company

as developers and video game professionals respond on social media with calls for Unity to reconsider since the changes could threaten the already thin profits of indie games. Developers are concerned that Unity has implemented these changes unilaterally, violating trust while offering virtually no time for developers to prepare for the potential costs. Many developers, urging Unity to retract the new model or risk indie developers porting their games to other engines.

Unity has offered some clarifications and retractions to the new pricing, but some developer concerns, like how Unity intends to track valid installations and separate them from exempted installations, remain unaddressed.

 

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