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Epic is changing Unreal Engine’s pricing for non-game developers
- okokwhatever 3y agoOk, it starts to smell like illegal pricing agreements between the two main players in the industry. Somebody in the government should raise the eyebrow fast.
- meheleventyone 3y agoHow though? They have very different models and made very different pricing changes. In particular this one doesn’t affect the majority of Epic’s customers and is pretty obviously a way to get revenue from projects that will never attain royalties but are also well funded. Then the obvious fact that both have had large layoffs and are probably losing money hand over fist (definitely in the case of Unity) along with the current economic situation.
- samspenc 3y agoTim Sweeney, the CEO, did post a X / Twitter reply clarifying this: @GameFromScratch: "Hey @TimSweeneyEpic, getting a lot of questions about aspiring and indie film makers and how they will be impacted by the 2024 changes to the Unreal licensing. I know details aren't set in stone, but will there be minimum revenue thresholds, so these people aren't impacted?" https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch/status/1709606003170296038 https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch/status/17096060031702960... @TimSweeneyEpic: "Won’t affect. There will be minimum revenue thresholds for commercial projecrs, and student/educator use will remain free." https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1709731335147831316 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/170973133514783131...