Levying even a tiny fee would reap it big rewards."Game makers have already begun to consider switching engines," said Rhys Elliott, market analyst at the Newzoo consultancy.It was all very different back in 2005, when Unity launched with promises of democratising game development.
Before Unity and its competitors emerged, each game was custom made, with graphics and everything else built from the ground up.For many industry watchers, the stock market flotation was the start of the fall. "There is no way Unity talked to a single developer before launching this," developer and consultant Rami Ismail posted on X, formerlyThe firm returned with an apology --"we heard your concerns","you are what makes Unity great" -- and a new offer to limit the levy to the most successful games.
While some developers issued heartfelt letters, others resorted to images of raised middle fingers in front of the Unity logo, or short messages with obscenities of discontent.