Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

havnagiggle wrote: post #3

compacct27 wrote: post #2

Thank God, literally interviewing with them tomorrow

Please report back any questions you ask them :)

“So are you guys…okay right now?”, but more interviewy

Re: Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 3:09 AM UTC

> Unity will limit fees to 4% of a game’s revenue for customers making over $1 million

This is 20% cheaper than Epic, correct?

Re: Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

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Post by rf15 » Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 4:07 AM UTC

compacct27 wrote: post #2

Thank God, literally interviewing with them tomorrow

Good luck! Better use this advantage.

Re: Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

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Post by malermeister » Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 4:50 AM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #6

> Unity will limit fees to 4% of a game’s revenue for customers making over $1 million This is 20% cheaper than Epic, correct?

...but with the added expense and logistical burden of having to track all your installs nonetheless.

Re: Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

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Post by dehrmann » Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 4:50 AM UTC

compacct27 wrote: post #2

Thank God, literally interviewing with them tomorrow

If you don't need the job, really do ask them these hard questions. Your personal financial stability is on the line, so be very careful about joining a company that is this detached from its customers.

Re: Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

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Post by PeterStuer » Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 6:56 AM UTC

This one is going into the textbooks on how to not conduct a revenu model change.

Most of their customers are way to locked in for them to change engine in the short or even medium term, but this will have significant future impacts.