Even though the company behind the wildly popular game engine walked back its controversial new fee policy, the damage is done.

Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle::Even though the company behind the wildly popular game engine walked back its controversial new fee policy, the damage is done.

  • eronth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56·
    1 year ago

    Yeah I can’t imagine why I would start a project with Unity at this point. That’s just asking to get screwed over later with no warning.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      It appears that Unity shot itself in both feet and also its face. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a spectacular betrayal of trust by a business where confidence in your product is paramount. Even with extreme backpedling, it’s in the can.

      • NoMoreCocaine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Wizard of the Coast license fiasco is about the same. Except of course that “confidence in your product” is a bit of a misnomer. It’s not a confidence in the D&D, but the license. A lot of people were trusting the OGL, and the changes would have fucked over half of the industry with their “retroactive” changes.

    • rizoid@midwest.socialEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I was maybe 10 hours of work into a small side project and I just said fuck it and started over in Godot. No reason to use Unity unless you are a studio that’s deep into development or supporting a game that’s already out.