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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by anonylizard on Monday October 09, 2023 @08:03PM (#37826996)
The problem is that in gaming, its often the indie studios that are the most profitable. They may have only 10 staff, but easily make 50 mil a year. Traditional industries rarely have such lopsided staff/revenue ratios.

And small indies may transform into large enterprises surprisingly fast. Mihoyo was a small indie only 10 years ago.

Its much much easier to repair bridges with indies, who don't really want to move off unity as much as you think, and can be placated by backpedaling and the CEO replacement.

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by qwytw on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:25AM (#37829081)
> They may have only 10 staff, but easily make 50 mil a year

Considering Unity's previous pricing model (per seat) it really didn't matter that much whether their client made 5, 10 or 50 mil unless they massively increased their hiring because of that, unless they can charge per install/% of revenue.

> Traditional industries rarely have such lopsided staff/revenue ratios.

A negligibly small proportion of indie developers are even close to that.

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Re:John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing... by rspoerri on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:50AM (#37829532)
Do you have examples for indie game studios (with 10 employees) that make 50mio a year?
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