UNITY ISSUES APOLOGY FOR NEW FEE POLICY
PROMISES CHANGES AFTER DEV BACKLASH.
Unity poked a wasps’ nest in late September when it presented its new runtime fee policy to users of its popular video games development engine. As Unity is seemingly having some issues with profitability, the central idea in the new policy was to charge games publishers as much as $0.20 per game install. The fees policy was set to be enacted from January 1, 2024. Already we are seeing the first signs of a Unity U-turn on the despised new runtime fee policy. It remains to be seen how big a change is coming. It is promising that Unity says “We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, and will be making