Unity recently apologized to the community for the controversy and concerns surrounding the runtime fee policy announced last week and revealed that they will be making changes to the policy. On social network X, Unity said he had spoken to several people inside and outside the company and planned to change course on the controversial policy. Although details about those changes have not yet been revealed, Unity promises to make an announcement in a few days.
Unidad expressed: “We have heard your voices. We apologize for the confusion and concern that Tuesday’s announcement regarding the runtime fee policy has caused. We are listening, talking to our team members, the community, customers and partners, and will make changes to our policies. We will share updates in the coming days. Thank you for your honest comments.”
Unity’s runtime fee policy will go into effect on January 1, 2024 and will charge $0.20 per install for any game with more than 200,000 installs. This has made many people wonder why the term installation today is quite difficult to define. For example, will developers be charged for multiple installations from people installing, uninstalling, and reinstalling their game? How will Unity fees be calculated for services like Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus?
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Unity has sought to clarify its policy that it will only count “new installs” on devices starting January 1 and that developers will not have to pay for “scam” reinstalls, trials, web versions, and charity-related setups. . Unity also claims that 90% of customers will not be affected by this change.
The game development community has reacted very harshly to the previously proposed changes and explanations. Many game development teams said that from now on they will not create their games using Unity.
