It only took a little over a week unity Its brand new execution fee will change the policy, and it has done just that. The changes were announced in an open letter published today on its blog unity (shared on social networks), the renewal model includes some fairly significant changes from the initial policy. Mark Whitten, its leader Create unityThe letter began with an apology, acknowledging that “we should have talked to you more and included your comments more” before making last week’s announcement.
Some changes seem much easier to adopt than previous policies; its customers Unity is personal They will no longer have to pay the fee, and the limit will increase to $200,000 instead of $100,000. Games with revenues of less than $1 million in a 12-month period will not be paid a fee.
Additionally, the fee will only apply to games created in the new version unitywhich will release in 2024. Whitten’s statement also noted that:
“Your games that are currently in circulation and projects that you are currently working on will not be included, unless you want to update them to this new version. unity“, meaning that the fee will not apply to games that have already been made to the market unity.
For games that are subject to fees, developers no longer have to pay per install; Instead, they’ll be able to pick up 2.5% of revenue or a “calculated amount” based on the number of new people who play the game each month, and the numbers will be reported by the developers themselves.
Sure, it may sound better and this time the response has been much more positive, but only time will tell if the damage has already been done with the initial announcement. unity. The initial policy effectively charged developers a fee each time a game was created unity (depending on number of installs and sales) from January 2024. Several developers took to social media to criticize unity For sudden changes, which were also applied retroactively to already released games and uninstalled and reinstalled games.
unity released an updated FAQ page detailing the change, clarifying that the fee will only apply on an “initial commitment” and providing an execution fee estimator.
Through: Nintendo Life
Editor’s note: I think they should have met the developers from the start, let’s see how much it cost them not to do that.
