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Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community | Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry. (arstechnica.com)
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Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community | Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.::Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (19 children)

So out of every 1M downloads, that's $200,000 to Unity's pocket and out of the pockets of developers. Am I doing this math right?

[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Not downloads. Installs. They also count re installs. So if you. Install a game, play it, remove it, then install again later that is an additional charge to the dev.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So.. if your game becomes the most pirated game in history, you're on the hook for millions off zero income.

Way to go Unity..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They carved out an exception for pirated copies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And they can tell.. how exactly?

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