One of the most popular game development tools in the world announced new fees for using its service. It has left Australian game developers angry and perplexed — and could have ramifications for players, too.
Julian Wilton, the creative director at Melbourne's Massive Monster, said if Unity pushed ahead with the changes, the studio would likely look to a different game engine when building their next game.
The Melbourne-based developer is currently building his new game, The Dungeon Experience, in Unity. It's far too late for him to change."It just would be devastating to do that."Another sticking point for game developers has been around distribution platforms, like Xbox Game Pass, and how their installs via these platforms would be counted.
Unity has said distributors would front the cost of the Runtime Fee for Unity games on a service like Game Pass. In this case, that means Xbox would need to foot the bill.It's currently unclear how Unity plans to bill platforms like Xbox or Apple, but developers like Mr Ringrose suggest that if they do, the platforms might have to pass the costs on.
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