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A comment on Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of Open Source in Gaming. Parent comment

Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by georgeecollins on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:40PM (#37527438)
Nothing against Epic, but they have a strategic incentive to encourage people to use their store. Getting a discount to use the engine in exchange for a store “exclusive” is a cost that I see developers not really appreciating. There is no free lunch.
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Re:Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of ... by ThatPlayer on Friday September 15, 2023 @05:20PM (#37529274)
I don't think that's unusual. When Valve announced Source 2 for free, there was a similar discount to use the engine: the game must release on Steam. Maybe that has changed in the 8 years of no news about the release of Source 2 for developer though.

https://www.pcgamer.com/source-2-will-be-free-wont-ask-for-r...

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