As someone who's new to making games (started a year ago), to me it seems that yes, there are open source things here (like Godot), but the process of getting e

As someone who's new to making games (started a year ago), to me it seems that yes, there are open source things here (like Godot), but the process of getting even something simple like 3D camera controls working is so fiddly that it's not worth it. Compared to the cut Steam & co are taking, plus the money you need to pay for other software (e.g. Substance Painter) the UE fee is comparatively tiny. Looking at the amount code of UE, I don't think Godot & co will truly catch up. There is just no business model that would make large scale development viable.