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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by hokumguru on Friday September 15, 2023 @08:51AM (#37522170)
Certainly not an expert but top studios like Bethesda and CDPR maintain their own engines with an order of magnitude less employees. They make games too.
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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by derstander on Friday September 15, 2023 @09:46AM (#37522889)
CDPR seems to be switching to Unreal.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/the-witcher-will-retu...

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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by grumple on Friday September 15, 2023 @09:52AM (#37522968)
They also produce games that are very similar to their other games, with similar mechanics, while Unity has to support a far more diverse set of games (basically anything 2d or 3d), and presumably has to continually offer a wider set of cutting-edge features.
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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by 0x457 on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:05PM (#37526937)
Given the state of Creation Engine, I wouldn't say that Bethesda maintains their engine well. CDPR is switching to Unreal. CP2077 launch issues were mainly due to their engine not being capable of handling such large games.
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