Unity will start charging developers for each game install

[aigomorla]

Blah unity will die if they start charging for it.
I think at this point they realize they can't keep the boat afloat.
It reminds me of the cryengine, and how it lost to unreal.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Well, we knew they would roll back some of their ridiculous changes eventually.

But that isn't going to rebuild any torched bridges or stop the mass exodus of developers moving away from Unity.

Here's their half-assed "apology" letter if anyone is interested.

 

[AdamK47]

The best news to come out of this mess. John Riccitiello "retires".

Unity Announces Leadership Transition

Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitie

www.businesswire.com

 

[Coalfax]

Sadly even his immediate ousting wont change the fallout. Unity is pretty much toast.

 

[AdamK47]

No doubt he wasn't the only one driving this scheme. The top has crumbled. There are more to fall.

 

[Stg-Flame]

No doubt he wasn't the only one driving this scheme. The top has crumbled. There are more to fall.

Unity needs to completely clean house starting at the top before they can claw their way back from this. They torched the bridges without hesitation all in the name of profit and are now upset that people pushed back.

 

[BFG10K]

The permanent problem is they've proven they can make retroactive changes whenever they please, regardless of what they promised in the past.

About the only way to be certain now is if they change the license to GPL/MIT.

 

[igor_kavinski]

About the only way to be certain now is if they change the license to GPL/MIT.

Would serve them right for being arrogant enough to think that developers don't have alternative choices.