Unity apologizes & backtracks on universally-hated Runtime Fees update
Developers and the community at large let their voices be heard and Unity is reassessing its policy.
Unity has made as statement regarding its planned pricing changes after considerable public pushback. Developers and studios quickly responded to Unity’s Runtime Fees, with many voicing considerable concerns and looking for ways to unshackle their game from the engine. This new statement, which includes an apology, indicates that the company will be making changes to this policy.
Source: Twitter
On Sunday, September 17, 2023, Unity took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to issue a statement regarding its planned policy changes and new Runtime Fees. In the statement, the company says it has “heard you” and is “listening” and will be making changes to the policy. The full statement follows.
We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused. We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, and will be making changes to the policy. We will share an update in a couple of days. Thank you for your honest and critical feedback.
Source: Unity
On September 12, 2023, Unity released a blog post that informed users of an update to its policy regarding Runtime Fees. The fees would have seen developers pay when their game crossed a revenue and install threshold. Over the course of the hours following, Unity doubled-down on its position, further ostracizing itself and sending developers reeling, with the likes of Rami Ismail offering advice for those who needed guidance. Following this, Unity closed some of its offices after receiving death threats which San Francisco police confirmed were made by a Unity employee.
Today’s statement seems to indicate that Unity is at least willing to hear out concerns and hopefully change its policy. Be sure to keep it locked to Shacknews as we keep you updated on the situation.
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replySam Chandler posted a new article, Unity apologizes & backtracks on universally-hated Runtime Fees update
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Thats giving way too much credit to John Riccitiello.
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nah. because this whole situation showed that they are very unreliable business partners and companies should think twice before starting a project with their technology.
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If that was indeed their plan, but it's terrible, because people are going to call shit out when they see it, no matter how subtle or egregious.
They grossly underestimated or ignored the concerns of developers with this change, and it's vaporized a metric ton of trust that won't be easily rebuilt. The scorched earth far outweighs any value this would've brought to the company.
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if i was unity id do...runtime fees or 5%. whatever is lower for the developer. that way companies like nintendo and genshin dont have to reveal their pocketbooks, and choose the runtime fees instead
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Its okay at least all the execs sold before the news. Not illegal or anything, we definately shouldn't investigate this!
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No, they didn’t.
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Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are not "not valid charities"
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-reportedly-told-dev-planned-parenthood-and-childrens-hospital-are-not-not-valid-charities-
I saw someone describe Unity as "the Kevin Sorbo of Game Engines"
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i dont like that you cant see the game in editor view while its running. its so good in unity to be able to see your gameobjects as the game runs
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in Godot, can't you see your game objects from the Remote tab while the game is running? not super familiar with Unity so I'm not sure how it differs
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in unity you can see your game's scene with another camera you can pan and zoom around. and you can manipulate within it too. dont see that in godot so far
https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/7213
they seem to be working on improving the remote to have something similar
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