Unity Software with a 'company reset' walks away from film VFX and the Wētā Deal

Post by robertlagrant » Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 1:59 PM UTC

thereddaikon wrote: post #33

qwytw wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing is that the business would have been perfectly fine without that nonsense. They have a core product which despite all its issues still have real demand it's not bloatware but something you can build a sustainable business on. Had they not massively overhired, stayed at ~1500-2000 employees, focused on the engine itself and not wasted massive amounts of money on acquisitions like this the company would likel…

That's not how publicly traded businesses are run. You are not serving the needs of the business. You are serving the needs of the shareholders. Line must go up therefore you need to constantly expand. This incentivizes stupid acquisitions bought on with stock and debt. It does not incentivize focusing on your core businesses and investing in to it.

Post by wredue » Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

DarkNova6 wrote: post #48

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #40

What a joke I was there when the acquisition happened and it was both “yay” and “what?” There was so little communication with the overall staff - even at the M9 level - and the management seemed to be doing their own thing. My prediction: Unity is going to be BedBath&Beyonded

I don't know about "BedBath&Beyond". Would you mind to elaborate for those of us who don't know? :-)

Post by AndrewKemendo » Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 2:17 PM UTC

DarkNova6 wrote: post #48

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #40

What a joke I was there when the acquisition happened and it was both “yay” and “what?” There was so little communication with the overall staff - even at the M9 level - and the management seemed to be doing their own thing. My prediction: Unity is going to be BedBath&Beyonded

I don't know about "BedBath&Beyond". Would you mind to elaborate for those of us who don't know? :-)

Post by coffeebeqn » Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

shadowgovt wrote: post #45

debacle wrote: post #44

I have been revisiting Godot this past week after feeling that I didn't give it a fair shake a few months ago. I don't know that Unity has a future. Unity is still better than Godot, and in some ways by a wide margin, but Godot is gaining ground fast, the learning/tooling ecosystem has exploded in the last several months, and for most "indie" projects, which Unity's pricing change was targeting, Godot is the better c…

How is Godot on cross-platform targeting these days? To me, the most attractive aspect of Unity's offering was the opportunity to port the same game core and assets to multiple targets with relatively little retooling.

Post by DonHopkins » Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #40

What a joke I was there when the acquisition happened and it was both “yay” and “what?” There was so little communication with the overall staff - even at the M9 level - and the management seemed to be doing their own thing. My prediction: Unity is going to be BedBath&Beyonded