Post #865857

2025-12-18 19:19 UTC

New Unity fees! https://mobilegamer.biz/unity-risks-fresh-backlash-with-new-fee-demands-this-feels-like-blackmail/ Enterprise fees this time which... is not my problem exactly*, but why would anyone be under the illusion that they aren&#39;t going to do it to regular folks next? lol * actually I no longer have any Unity license, completely not my problem. \o/ (edit: We actually got caught up in a similar change a year ago. I have a blog post that talks about it -&gt; https://www.slembcke.net/blog/UnityVsCustomers/ )

Replies (4)

@lertsenem@mastodon.lertsenem.com 2025-12-18 19:34

@slembcke Nice, a new influx of Godot newcomers! :]

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@IHG@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-12-18 21:37

@slembcke if I was making $25 million a year I'd be so cross to get this email.

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@toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-12-18 22:44

@slembcke Not sure I quite get the sceheme here - it looks like they are saying they want 0.5-1% of revenue from reasonable size companies if they use unity to any extent, and that that payment will be deducted from any licence fees they havce to pay... It does seem kinda nuts if that's the idea; A decent size company is never going to start using unity if they are imediately going to lose up to a percent of profits for that year. "Boss, can I use unity?" - "NO"

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@Andre_LA@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-12-18 23:48

@slembcke I'm pretty glad Godot and O3DE is an alternative, since it has a similar component-entity model (the major difference is on scripting, which is lua or C++, and uses events)

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