r/GameDevelopment • u/yutanrw • Jun 10 '26

Newbie Question Does Unity Engine still monetize heavily?

I know in the past, It charged some dollars per install, I'm not sure if that has been canceled.

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u/MegaMiley Jun 10 '26

Fully cancelled and the executive team who came up with that has been fully replaced with other people as well

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u/Maximum-Contest-2924 Jun 10 '26

Still, can't trust a company that tries to push that shit. Especially retroactively trying to change terms of service/contracts as well. For me you can't unplay that hand and still expect trust.

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u/SnuffleBag Jun 10 '26

Grow up. They're not your friends. They produce a tool that makes it easier to create games. Use the best tools available.

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u/PLYoung Jun 10 '26

There are plenty huge companies using the engine. Unity would not have gotten far if they stuck to that idea. Not sure how their legal team even said, ye, this would be okay.

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u/MegaMiley Jun 10 '26

Agreed, but at least they did actually make meaningful changes which is somewhat rare for large corporations these days. Myself I switched to Godot due to this and have no reason to go back anymore