Unity adding a fee for each time a game is installed
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Unity is adding a new charge for every time a game using the Unity Engine is installed, the company announced today. St…
  • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    515·
    11 months ago

    I think gamepass doesn’t fall under you charging yourself for the game, so those devs may not be affected.

    • Justdaveisfine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      172·
      11 months ago

      I’m not a lawyer who can properly interpret the legalese but I don’t think this is the case.

      Selling your game to a publisher or a third party to distribute it counts as the developer making revenue off the game.

      Edit: Actually I may be incorrect - The apparent wording of the license says the publisher or distributor would pay the per install fee. I’m not sure how that would work, unless they’re planning to send a bill to Steam/Microsoft/EA/etc. I will have to reread the terms.