Unity adding a fee for each time a game is installed
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Unity is adding a new charge for every time a game using the Unity Engine is installed, the company announced today. St…
  • LCP@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    261·
    1 year ago

    I got some clarifications from Unity regarding their plan to charge developers per game install (after clearing thresholds)

    • If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that’s 2 installs, 2 charges
    • Same if they install on 2 devices
    • Charity games/bundles exempted from fees

    Regarding this being abused by bad actors:

    Unity says it will use fraud detection tools and allow developers to report possible instances of fraud to a compliance team

    - @stephentotilo

    • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      So once a game stops selling it had better hope its player base dries up and stops reinstalling it? The way that is phrased makes it sound like you could net lose money over the long term if sales decline and people keep reinstalling it