John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle

Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by georgeecollins on Monday October 09, 2023 @07:34PM (#37826806)

I wouldn't call Unity a sinking ship. It's the overwhelming choice of game engines in the mobile market. Raising prices is unpopular and may decrease their share of the market. But there is no way Unity is going away anytime soon.

And I love Godot -- love it-- but it doesn't do all the things Unity does. Even if it did, it would take years to get all the teams to switch. Think how long it took people to move away from Flash!

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by gmerc on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @01:40AM (#37828872)

You underestimate the game industry I think. It constantly invalidates its own technology every 2-3 years and is extremely sensitive to business model risks.

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by qwytw on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:36AM (#37829148)

> It constantly invalidates its own technology every 2-3 years

I'm not sure about that. Unity itself is not at all a particularly modern engine (just like most engines being iterations of something designed in the 00s or early 10s)

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by gmerc on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:44AM (#37830884)

Rule of thumb in AAA: After 3 years devtime you are starting to pay serious debts by tech updates - that’s the descent into development hell.

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by reactordev on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:33AM (#37831235)

This. It’s easy to criticize or idolize from the outside. When you’re in it, any time spent beyond innovating is wasted R&D. It might be justified. It probably isn’t. This is one of the main reasons Unreal went open source. Let the community drive R&D on their own dime.

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