For real - it’s so nice nowadays being able to play nearly any hot new game I want to on my desktop. Never been a huge fan of consoles - keyboard+mouse was always far more natural for me, but then again I was big into C&C and SC when I was a kid. The only console I’ve really loved since the N64 is the switch, and that’s largely because I can bring it on a long flight and fuck around in ZELDA: BOTW or TOTK for hours on end, which is awesome (I tend to avoid putting games on my personal dev laptop, and it also only has an iGPU).
Is anyone else irked that the new “standard” season length is 5 seasons, usually of 12 or so episodes? I know there was a lot more fat to trim back in the old days, but I do miss the 7x23 (ish) structure
They’ve proven they can’t be trusted. The people who devised and attempted to enact this plan - the exec team - have not gone anywhere, and they aren’t going to. They have shown the industry who they are, and they clearly don’t give a shit about business ethics or even legality (the AppLovin shit smells an awful fucking lot like anticompetitive market interference). They will definitely try something similar in the future.
The exec team isn’t changing. They didn’t even mention the scummy anticompetitive (and potentially illegal in some jurisdictions) fee vouchers they were handing out to try to steal users from AppLovin, nor was the sneaky update of their license terms that was done to enable the whole snafu addressed.
I don’t think Unity is coming back from this. The industry doesn’t trust them anymore, and nothing has been done to materially address the root cause of that lack of trust: the exec team and the board.
If they do a leadership shakeup, it’s possible they can save it. But I don’t think that’s going to happen.
I don’t really care if or how Unity reacts to the accusations. The fact remains that they did it, and their response is trying to deflect attention from the fact that they did do it.
It’s just that everyone who’s actually responsible for the decision is on the exec team, and it seems pretty clear that neither they nor the board have any plans to go anywhere. And if they try to crucify some middle management type who was just trying to do their job… well, that’s gonna be a fucking HUGE wrongful termination lawsuit, perhaps with some slander complaints thrown in.
This whole thing is a masterclass in machine gunning one’s own foot.
You showed everyone who you are, Unity execs. You also pointedly did not even begin to address any of the other sketchy shit, like the vouchers you were handing out to try to sink AppLovin, or the silent and unannounced modification of your license agreement that was discovered by the community after the fact.
But there’s also the sketchy (and anticompetitive, and potentially illegal in some jurisdictions) fee vouchers they were using to try to tank AppLovin’s customer base, as well as the silent and sneaky update of their license terms that everyone discovered after the fact. The “apology” makes absolutely no mention of those. And I find that incredibly telling (aside, of course, from the lack of exec team shakeup).
Precisely. They’ve already done it, and the people who made that decision haven’t gone anywhere. They will definitely try something similar in the future.
First announced back in 2021, Star Wars Eclipse has remained largely a mystery since its striking first reveal. Last year, developer Quantic Dream quashed rumours the game had been delayed and was suffering development trouble, noting it had yet to announce a release date. In a subsequent interview, Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume...
To say it’s been a bad week for Unity is the understatement of 2023. First they announced a terrible new Pricing scheme, then their customers revolted, as the week goes on though, it gets worse and worse for Unity, from threats from an employee shutting down their offices, to more studios threatening to leave, to scummy secret...
California, the biggest state in the US when it comes to both population and the sheer volume of tech companies squeezed into its borders, has just passed the country's most extreme right to repair bill in the US (via Ars Technica). It's the third state to pass such a bill, but goes further than either Minnesota or New York in...
We have never made a public statement before now. That is how badly you fucked up.
Lmao shots fired. Unity’s C-suite made their own bed… and the bed is made out of anti-personnel mines. I genuinely hope this picks up steam.
Unity showed their hand when they made the announcement. I had never thought to look up who owned them before. Now that I am aware that they’re majority-owned by VC and PE firms, it’s pretty clear to me that this category of monetization-oriented behavior is here to stay, because that’s how VC and PE operate. Unless and until they somehow get a new owner, it’s my sincere opinion that Unity should absolutely not be seriously considered as a game engine for any new game project.
Unity executives sold thousands of shares in the weeks leading up to last night's hugely controversial announcement it will soon charge developers when one of their games is downloaded....
The controlling shares of Unity are held by a trifecta of private equity and venture capital organizations. That’s why this is happening. It’s a classical presentation of the (short-term) profit über alles enshitification cycle.
Oh yeah. It definitely has that classic Bethesda jank in many of the normal places, but it still feels good in all the ways that matter. Like you’re finally awake.
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So, I’m excited for this game, but after being burned one too many times on preorders, I’ve made it a personal policy to refuse to engage any sort of preorder.
Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5 (kotaku.com) angielski
Nintendo forces Garry's Mod to delete 20 years of content — Garry confirms Nintendo is behind Steam Workshop purge | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Nintendo is literally a depressing company right now…
'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Larian's publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled' (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan (arstechnica.com) angielski
Star Trek: Lower Decks Will End With Its Fifth, Final Season (gizmodo.com) angielski
Meanwhile, the adventures continue for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which has been renewed for season 4.
‘Dead Space’ Franchise Is Officially On Hold at Electronic Arts (www.bloomberg.com) angielski
Without paywall: archive.ph/6j2KZ
GameStop Cuts Jobs Amid ‘Unsustainable’ Sales Decline (www.ign.com) angielski
Will Smith's Chinese Zombie Game [videogamedunkey] (www.youtube.com) angielski
Game is Undawn. Piped link.
James Webb telescope spots potential conditions for life on 2 dwarf planets beyond Neptune (www.livescience.com) angielski
First Space Force guardian to be launched into space this summer (www.defenseone.com) angielski
30 Years on, TNG's Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as Ever (gizmodo.com) angielski
"Sub Rosa" is reviled as one of Star Trek's lowest lows, for many, many good reasons.
Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down (phys.org) angielski
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games (kotaku.com) angielski
Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program ...😑 (arstechnica.com) angielski
No fees for Personal tier or old/current projects, new 2.5% revenue cap, and more.
Unity apologizes and updates their infamous Runtime Fee (blog.unity.com) angielski
Unity: An open letter to our community (blog.unity.com) angielski
Star Wars Eclipse Still Alive, Quantic Dream Insists: ‘It's Simmering’ - IGN (www.ign.com) angielski
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Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal (mobilegamer.biz) angielski
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Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California's otherwise important new right to repair bill (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
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Creators of Slay the Spire will migrate their next game to a new engine if Unity doesn't completely revert their changes (nitter.net) angielski
Picture taken from their Twitter
Unity bosses sold stock days before development fees announcement, raising eyebrows (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Unity executives sold thousands of shares in the weeks leading up to last night's hugely controversial announcement it will soon charge developers when one of their games is downloaded....
Unity backtracks slightly on plans to charge developers for game installs (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Game development engine Unity has U-turned on some parts of its hugely controversial plan to enforce fees on game creat…
Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed (www.engadget.com)
Starfield surpasses 6 million players to become Bethesda's best launch yet, beating Skyrim and Fallout (www.gamesradar.com) angielski
Star Citizen reaches $600 million raised but the game future is really worrying (gamerkick.com) angielski
Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall (www.gamescensor.com) angielski
Facebook marketplace in my country is wild. (lemmy.ca) angielski
Has YouTube Blocked Your Adblocker Yet?? (strawpoll.com) angielski
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Starfield has gone gold. Preload tomorrow on Xbox/Microsoft Store, and on the 30th on Steam (Bethesda on Twitter) angielski
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