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Re:Unreal vs. Unity Opinion by suyash on Sunday April 17, 2022 @06:52PM (#31065302)
It's actually much better for indie developers because it's completely free to build and ship something and see if market wants to before worrying about subscription costs etc like in Unity.
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Re:Unreal vs. Unity Opinion by klodolph on Sunday April 17, 2022 @06:58PM (#31065346)
You only pay for Unity if you already have >100K in annual revenue.
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Re:Unreal vs. Unity Opinion by suyash on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:02PM (#31065375)
For Unreal from thier website - "A 5% royalty is due only if you are distributing an off-the-shelf product that incorporates Unreal Engine code (such as a game) and the lifetime gross revenue from that product exceeds $1 million USD; in this case, the first $1 million remains royalty-exempt." - much better than Unity's pricing. The > 100k annual only give you Unity Personal whereas you can full powered Unreal at much greater threshold.

https://store.unity.com/compare-plans https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/license

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Re:Unreal vs. Unity Opinion by klodolph on Sunday April 17, 2022 @09:07PM (#31066214)
Oh, I thought you were saying that you couldn't build something in Unity to test the market without paying for it.
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