Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all • Hacker News Board

Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all

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Post by ksec » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 9:49 AM UTC

zlg_codes wrote: post #107

elteto wrote: post #100

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I mean, why would you expect them not to charge you money for something they clearly spend tons of money in developing? They are a business. The bait and switch is real, but after N of them we have to start asking ourselves whose fault is it if we fall for the N+1th one.

In my case I haven't fallen for anything, but this community seems to have a problem with pointing out it's mostly businesses doing this behavior. If you stay away from commercial software, this crap disappears. It shouldn't be normal to expect to be exploited imo.

> but this community seems to have a problem with pointing out it's mostly businesses doing this behavior.

Wow. I was typing "It is fairly recent behavior, at least it wasn't like this before 2014."

Then I realise that was nearly 10 years ago......

Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all

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Post by zlg_codes » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 7:46 PM UTC

iyasu wrote: post #113

zlg_codes wrote: post #106

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Game development is not exclusive to business, but you are correct I have not worked for a firm to make a game. Nothing about that arrangement attracts me, especially given the abusive nature of the industry and the frequency that they go through crunch, lack any real worker protections, no unions, etc. The way AAA studios make games and do business puts me off as well, so pointing to them as an example doesn't reall…

>Nothing about that arrangement attracts me, especially given the abusive nature of the industry and the frequency that they go through crunch, lack any real worker protections, no unions, etc. I'd beg to differ on this point. Lots of changes have been made in game development culture including less crunch culture[0]. Worker protection/unions aren't exactly something that's afforded to many white collar jobs in the f…

I appreciate your input but I'm not in it for a career. I'm in it for personal satisfaction. If I can't build a game on my own then I'm not good enough to call myself a game developer.

A team can't bring that satisfaction to me. Kudos to those who enjoy working in groups. For me, I end up doing more than my share of work and correcting others' mistakes. At that point, you may as well make it yourself. People are more of an obstacle to my progress than they are an enabler.

Re: Unreal Engine will no longer be free for all

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Post by isaacremuant » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 9:02 PM UTC

Dylan16807 wrote: post #68

ezekg wrote: post #65

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No, the headline is blatantly trying to elicit a negative response towards Unreal i.r.t. Unity's recent pricing change.

Blatantly! Please explain how this headline connects to Unity at all? Yes we can assume a lot of people reading the headline will know about it... but I don't see this blatant connection. Would they have to explicitly say it's not like Unity in the headline to escape this? They even put "non-gaming creatives" in the subheading. Maybe whoever posted should have copied that? If you post the link on most social media yo…

It's very obvious clickbait. It's clearly exploiting the Unity news.

Clickbait can only be analyzed in terms of the title, not the sub header or content. Because the title is what gets reposted and makes people follow a link.