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JackGreenEarth, 9 miesięcy temu do gaming w Upcoming game Hometopia to switch from planned free-to-play model to an upfront cost following Unity fees announcement

Going from free to play to $20 is a big jump, when games like Minecraft (on Android), and Stardew Valley cost under £7.

infinipurple, 9 miesięcy temu

It’s a huge jump. Difficult to compare it to a game on another platform though.

Intelligence_Gap, 9 miesięcy temu

You can catch stardew on sale on steam at a similar price point. It’s only $15, US, normally.

maynarkh, 9 miesięcy temu do gaming w Upcoming game Hometopia to switch from planned free-to-play model to an upfront cost following Unity fees announcement

If they’d cut MTX, it would be a welcome change.

That said, Unity’s new model encourages MTX in some ways, as new buys incur new Runtime costs, while MTX purchases from existing customers don’t. If anything, this encourages a model where there needs to be an upfront cost to cover the Unity tax, and further in-game purchases to make actual money.

infinipurple, 9 miesięcy temu

I agree, Unity’s aggressive monetisation encourages devs/publishers to do the same. Tbf, the guy behind it all has been quoted saying that anyone who doesn’t aggressively monetise their game is an idiot…

infinipurple, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy temu) do gaming w Upcoming game Hometopia to switch from planned free-to-play model to an upfront cost following Unity fees announcement

Thought a discussion on this might be interesting. Unity may be signing their death but the decisions will have an impact on lots of studios and games in the meantime.

Not really sure what to do with this particular one myself. I’ve been really looking forward to Hometopia but this is a difficult pill to swallow for a game that proudly stated it would “always be free-to-play”.