Comment on Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds
Justdaveisfine@lemmy.world 9 months agoThere are a lot of cases where this might suck if you’re a full time Unity dev. Getting on Gamepass was already a bit dicey as it cannibalizes sales, but now you got an extra Unity tax on that.
Give a bunch of keys to a charity auction? Guess you’re paying extra. Got a demo that’s doing wonders on Steam NextFest? Those are installs. Is your game being pirated? Those look like installs, gotta pay up.
I don’t think this will bankrupt any dev, but all those above decisions will hurt.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think gamepass doesn’t fall under you charging yourself for the game, so those devs may not be affected.
Justdaveisfine@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m not a lawyer who can properly interpret the legalese but I don’t think this is the case.
Selling your game to a publisher or a third party to distribute it is revenue.