Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
creativebloq.com
Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
1–10 of 123 posts
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#2This would probably drive all the hobbyist to learn something open source like Godot, wouldn't it?
This would mean Godot would be the thing worth investing for.
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#3The headline may be better less clickbaity by clarifying "not free anymore for vfx or movie users".
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#4>That means that while the developers of big-selling games pay royalties, those who use Unreal Engine for film making and other uses pay nothing.
Understandable but could introduce a revenue limit too.
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#5Hmmmm just given the recent Unity news, maybe this headline is a bit misleading as it seems to be focused on VFX users, and not game developers? Maybe "Unreal... be free for animators"?
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#6This would probably drive all the hobbyist to learn something open source like Godot, wouldn't it? This would mean Godot would be the thing worth investing for.
It does not affect game developers, but only VFX artists who have never had to pay anything so far.
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#7> Speaking at Unreal Fest 2023, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Unreal Engine would become “a licensable piece of software like Maya or Photoshop” with a subscription-based pricing model.
SAAS is rent-seeking at its worst. It’s predatory, anti-consumer and downright annoying. I hope this backfires on Epic.
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#8Honestly it makes sense. I was always a little confused that non-gamedevs had to pay 0. Of course that could've also just been the plan to get VFX and other industries onto Unreal Engine so Epic Games could start charging them later.
I'm also confused how Epic Games has become unprofitable suddenly. I think I read somewhere it was in the last 10 weeks but I could be wrong about that.
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#9[dupe]
Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all
#10> Speaking at Unreal Fest 2023, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Unreal Engine would become “a licensable piece of software like Maya or Photoshop” with a subscription-based pricing model. SAAS is rent-seeking at its worst. It’s predatory, anti-consumer and downright annoying. I hope this backfires on Epic.
It's only for non gamedevs who were paying $0 for the engine.