stopthatgirl7 to Technology@lemmy.world • 10 months agoUnity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development communityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1687arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-square@Rough_N_Ready@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish175•edit-210 months agoDeveloper makes a game for the iPhone, charges $1 for it. I buy the game for $1. Apple takes 30 cents. My family of 5 all install the game and play it via family sharing. Unity takes $0.20 X 5 = $1 Developer loses 30 cents on the sale.
minus-squareThom GraylinkfedilinkEnglish44•10 months agoYou make an excellent point and it’s easy as a PC gamer like myself to forget, that Apple actually sells a lot more games than Value.
Developer makes a game for the iPhone, charges $1 for it.
I buy the game for $1.
Apple takes 30 cents.
My family of 5 all install the game and play it via family sharing.
Unity takes $0.20 X 5 = $1
Developer loses 30 cents on the sale.
You make an excellent point and it’s easy as a PC gamer like myself to forget, that Apple actually sells a lot more games than Value.