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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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