It’s all developer’s faults. If they only accepted the fair new pricing policy without protesting, this decision could have been avoided /s
Unity is reviewing its product portfolio and says layoffs are "likely"
Submitted 11 months ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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knF@lemmy.world 11 months ago
HubertManne@kbin.social 11 months ago
layoffs for thee and massive bonuses and golden parachutes for me (me being the execs who made the decision to sink the company)
DarkGamer@kbin.social 11 months ago
They did it to themselves. No one will trust them not to change the pricing model again.
cybersandwich@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think the pricing model was a direct consequence of being in bad shape financially.
But obviously when you shoot yourself in the foot when you are already bleeding, it certainly doesn’t help.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]ares35@kbin.social 11 months ago
wikipedia says they lost ~ 900m last year (net).
they've been on a non-stop buying spree, the recent ipo, and vultures hold a fair chunk of the company. there's probably more than a little pressure to get the books in the black by 'any means necessary'.
Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And the dumpster fire that is Unity continues…
Jaysyn@kbin.social 11 months ago
I don't give a shit what happens to Unity.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Unity, as a business, as a stock investment, as a C-suite and board of directors, is rotting in its casket for all I care. I have committed to never buy game built in Unity whose development started after September this year.
This whole debacle wasn’t an engineering problem; it’s not the software development staff’s fault.
Snapz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Look what you made me do to myself!!!”
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 months ago
This reads like a statement from a vulture capitalist who plans to break up the company and sell the parts to make a quick buck. One would think they would focus on building trust, not giving yet more devs reasons to use a different engine.
Uglyhead@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sad thing is, it lets Epic run most of the table now.
codemichael@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think many devs are moving to Godot, but certainly Epic will pick up some market share here.
echo64@lemmy.world 11 months ago
they really don’t, I’m not sure where you get your information from but epic do not have a majority on anything