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Re:Welcome to Unreal Engine 4 by kayoone on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @05:00PM (#7431817)
uhm no. Unity is not free, only the limited indie version is, Pro is $1500 which anyone who is serious about making games needs. Making a bigger game with a Team of 10 for iOS ? Get ready to shell out $3000 per seat, another $1500 for Android and basically youd also need Teamserver which is another couple of thousands.

I think revenue from the Asset Store is relatively minor compared to that. Ive heard of success stories that sell plugins worth a couple of thousands per month, but thats about it and those are not many.

Re:Welcome to Unreal Engine 4 by ijk on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @11:23PM (#7433624)
In 2012, the NGUI programmer stated that NGUI was making him three times what his previous job had paid, and that his starter kits were making $700-1500 a month. http://www.tasharen.com/forum/index.php?topic=2126.0

So that suggests there's certainly some revenue there.

Re:Welcome to Unreal Engine 4 by Jare on Thursday March 20, 2014 @03:29AM (#7434316)
NGUI was also one of the most successful plugins in the entire Store, so his revenue, while significant, should also be treated as a ceiling on what a company can expect to get.
Re:Welcome to Unreal Engine 4 by kayoone on Thursday March 20, 2014 @07:58AM (#7434970)
There certainly is, but i doubt its anywhere close to their license fee related revenues.