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Do not fool yourself here, Unreal's main competitor was never Unity, it was the different myriad of proprietary engines that exist in powerful studios, there is
by ainiriand 3y ago
Do not fool yourself here, Unreal's main competitor was never Unity, it was the different myriad of proprietary engines that exist in powerful studios, there is were the millions are.
Unity could never get into that piece of business and Unreal Engine is barely scratching it.
- Pxtl 3y agoYes, but Unity targeted the Indie market with "free for small unsuccessful projects and we take a small cut of sales if it takes off" first and then Unreal jumped into that market. While Unreal entered that market from the opposite direction (offering a proper, supported high-end gaming engine to replace in-house engines of AAA gaming companies) they both converged into the same market when it came to selling to small players.
- ainiriand 3y agoThat is also true. Not sure how much revenue any of that can generate, though.
- karim79 3y agoThat was always the impression I had, engines such as id tech X, Frostbite, Fox Engine, etc, in my view are some examples of more "direct" competition.