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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by flangola7 on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:22PM (#37527985)
Why would an SDK be secret?
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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by patmorgan23 on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:30PM (#37528078)
Because the console manufacturers want to protect their proprietary platforms.
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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by flangola7 on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:05PM (#37529667)
Protect them from what?
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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by TylerE on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:49PM (#37530021)
Reputational damage. Big part of the appeal of consoles is “it just works”. That falls apart of you start letting random shovelware devs ship whatever.
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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by dns_snek on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:03AM (#37533718)
Ok? What does that have to do with the SDK?

Having access to the SDK doesn't give you unfettered access to publish on their stores. It only allows you to write and compile code targeting their hardware/runtime.

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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by flangola7 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @02:20AM (#37542063)
That has nothing to do with SDK secrecy.
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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by throwaway7679 on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:38PM (#37528163)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983#Loss_...

TLDR A game market flooded with shovelware crap is a disaster for everyone.

Modern day consoles intentionally add hurdles/friction/cost to publishing in order to weed out the less serious studios.

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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by kibwen on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:30PM (#37528732)
No, that's a different concern entirely. Nintendo could (though never will) open up Switch development to everyone while still exercising judicious control over which games are listed in their own store.

And in the meantime, there's already tons of crap shovelware on the Switch storefront. Nintendo doesn't filter for quality.

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Re:Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? by numpad0 on Friday September 15, 2023 @05:24PM (#37529301)
Security through obscurity(which is often enough btw).
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