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Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community (arstechnica.com)
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Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.

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[–] Rough_N_Ready@lemmy.world 181 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] patchwork@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 years ago

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.