Dear Unity, You've Betrayed Us

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Unity changed their pricing plan and introduced several suspicious caveats discussed in the video, this video is my response and criticism to it. I'll also discuss my plans to switch from Unity and what I'm going to do going forwards.
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0:12 Unity's New Fee and Problems Explained
11:30 My Future Plans
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@samyam 10 месяцев назад

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@sdeford 2 месяца назад

I'll be switching to a new game engine as well. I saw this on the official unity site, but didn't read the fine print. I only saw the subscription rate increases for the different tiers. Thank you for sharing this with us.

@PPSFerfax 10 месяцев назад

Once a company goes public, the concerns of the company shift from taking care of its employees to its shareholders. Unity being viewed as a good guy in the game industry is over.

@ExpensivePizza 10 месяцев назад

The thing is... even though this might've been the motivation for the change it's still bad news for the shareholders as well. Nobody wants to invest in a company that kills itself.

@containedhurricane 10 месяцев назад

Epic Games is 40% owned by Tencent and it could increase soon

@RiftTraveller 10 месяцев назад

@@containedhurricane Point taken, but Unreal has terms that are predictable, and are developer friendly. The future is uncertain, but what has happened so far proves who is more trustworthy to developers. Of the two, only one has altered the deal retroactively. Pray that they do not alter it further.

@RiftTraveller 10 месяцев назад

@@containedhurricane Of the two, only one who has a CEO that suggested letting players get invested in a game, then charge them $1 per reload going forward.

@containedhurricane 10 месяцев назад

@@RiftTraveller We have seen it happened to Adobe, Autodesk and Unity. It will only be a matter of time before Epic Games start to capitalize on their win against Unity and other big 3D game engine companies, by increasing their prices in the future. Remember about their drama in the 2000s where Epic was deliberately withholding features and support for UE third party licensees so that Epic's first party games would look and run better? Another notable wrongdoing was their intentional breach of contract with Apple refusing to pay the stipulated percentage for in-app purchases in Fortnite. When Apple retaliated by removing Fortnite, Epic Games was quick to release a video trying to manipulate and agitate their Fortnite user base to exert pressure on Apple

@arvi3 10 месяцев назад

Here's to all of us moving on from Unity! Wishing you all the best on your future endeavors!

@nelsonmouatvergara 10 месяцев назад

Wow. How loving many!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@firerunnew 10 месяцев назад

Welcome to Godot! :)

@denn501 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! With all this chaos, this is what we need to hear the most

@oxhah 10 месяцев назад

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the donation :D!!

@K4ution_FGC 10 месяцев назад

I can't imagine the pain this has to cause to all the people that have used unity for so long.

@aleksihiltunen7063 10 месяцев назад

I have used unity for many years and started learning unreal few weeks ago for unrelated reasons. Even though I dont know whether I would have made any games with unity anyway, I feel very sad about all this. Unity was and is great engine which seems to fall apart due to this dumb decision. Im not directly affected by this but I can just imagine the pain those who worked with unity and especially those who worked for unity have to go through ❤

@kodaxmax 10 месяцев назад

Well im actually having a great time having been finally convinced to mvoe to Godot.

@EnderElohim 10 месяцев назад

@@stevenanthony9387 mainly because we don't have unlimited time. You either develop a game or learn. You cant do it same time and if you do it gonna be pretty slow and again time is pretty limited so you need to go with something and make a game

@sylviarohge4204 10 месяцев назад

I am currently doubting whether the changes to the terms and conditions are permissible in the EU. Unity could certainly make the changes for its new version, but retroactively for all versions seems extremely daring to me.

@imjustalittleqwerty 10 месяцев назад

@@stevenanthony9387What an awful take. Not everyone lives off of unemployment checks and has infinite time to learn multiple programs in and out. People work. People want to visit friends and families. Learning just one engine takes an enormous amount of time and energy. Expecting to learn two is a large ask for any normal person.

@vakuzar 10 месяцев назад

The issue truly is they can just change it to 70% royalty tomorrow, and there is nothing we can do about it.

@Sylfa 10 месяцев назад

They've literally answered the question of, "Will you lock the fees to these levels," with "we look over fees every year and adjust as necessary." So yeah, they pretty much promised that 20 cents is *this* years fee structure. They wouldn't even lock it to a 200k limit, so who knows what the future limit will be.

@ChristopherCricketWallace 10 месяцев назад

... all while NOT improving the core product. There are bugs and half-baked features and workflows that have been there for a long time. They want us to pay more for less and the shareholders will love it. Don't get me started on the layoffs vs the compensation packages for the leadership.

@wicgamesdev 10 месяцев назад

The issue is that they are gonna go bankrupt, if they dont take some profit. do you think they can keep working on the software while loosing money every quarters? would you prefer they getting buy back and then it could get worst? 100k$ and 100k download. most of us dont reach that already.

@__Rizzler__ 10 месяцев назад

Why not 99.99% royalty?

@vakuzar 10 месяцев назад

No one has an issue with them making money. In fact I’d like them to make more to make the engine better. The issue is the fact that it changed arbitrarily. Even changing to games already released. Would be much more understandable if it was % of revenue and only to projects made in Unity 2024+. So devs can make an educated choice at the beginning of their project that will last until the end. Then if the new tools are worth it, and the new terms acceptable they will upgrade. The issue is the automatic opt in to any future whim, reasonable or otherwise.

@DarkDax 10 месяцев назад

Learning a new engine(s) is going to be a big journey. It’s all a little worrisome, but I hope we all find our footing swiftly. As you say, we’re all in this together.

@KHodow 10 месяцев назад

There is a learning curve but what's nice is all your game dev and coding fundamentals are pretty transferable. I have no doubt she'll make the switch pretty swifly!

@Rai2M 10 месяцев назад

I've already switched to Godot. Kinda hate it currently BUT i always hate new things to learn, so it's okay )

@Dilofi1712 10 месяцев назад

Let's learn godot and unreal together!!

@NavedAhmadX 10 месяцев назад

Been using unity for about 7 years now, but I'm switching to godot. Faith in unity is lost beyond recovery. I rather spend my time with something that's open source, like blender, Godot is on the same path as blender. A great open source software.

@gaisericg9984 10 месяцев назад

Godot 4 is shockingly easy to learn with experience in Unity, made the switch a while back when I saw how much better 4 is at handling 3D than the previous versions. The improved C# support makes things very easy to jump the fence if you're used to writing scripts for Unity. The built in support to use .blend files without having to export and then import into Unity is a dream, even works real time if you save a change to the .blend file in blender it automatically updates it in the scene you're using it in in Godot... can't even express how great this is for designing objects, maps, enemies, whatever when it lets you test it real time before you do the final export once you know it's how you want it. This isn't to say it's perfect by any means but after 3 months of learning it I'd say I'm just as comfortable as I was in Unity at this point and really don't miss anything about it

@buttjunkie7956 10 месяцев назад

The worst of it is the violation of prior Terms and applying new terms to already-released games. Incompetence is one thing, but hostility and deception is another.

@RogerTheil 10 месяцев назад

Also, consider the legal ramifications of different terms of service. Imagine a developer making a game on an older version of Unity (which is a lot of them because updates can destroy your current projects) and then releasing it, only to be charged fees under a new TOS he never read or signed. A good reason for people to NOT update Unity, and a terrible reason to implement this policy change.

@bigmistqke 10 месяцев назад

seems incredibly illegal

@ZakTheFallen 10 месяцев назад

@@bigmistqke Several game companies have already stated that they aren't going to pay those fees, and will back it up with lawsuits if Unity tries to collect such an illegal tax on game installs.

@nekokaresakurai 10 месяцев назад

I must say... I love open-source projects. A community helping themselves is a good thing. Beginners and advanced users get good things from this. I wish Godot the best.

@scott_3336 10 месяцев назад

Btw. I fully understand your sentiment, I truly love Blender and strongly belief and trust the org. BUT, just because something is open source doesn't mean it cant change its licence. There is still an organisation/person owning the product, just because the code or whatever is open source doesn't make it impossible to go down the same route like unity.

@nekokaresakurai 10 месяцев назад

@@scott_3336 Agreed. But, it's more difficult to happen things like that. We have blender and other long-term free software made by the community and still here: free and open source. And nothing will keep you from making a fork and working on that "new" project alone. Free and open source is all about being free and helping ourselves. If someone made "unity like" actions with these softwares, it would be immoral on a different level.

@zephyranthes7856 10 месяцев назад

@@nekokaresakurai and what's better is that when something like Unity happens, a lot are going to move to the forked version that is still maintained by the community, even if the source gets abandoned. Not to mention that it's free, so the only cost Devs are gonna incur is pretty much time to adjust to the forked version, since both forked and original are of the same base, the transition to the forked version isn't as difficult as say, converting from Unity to Godot, in the first place.

@nekokaresakurai 10 месяцев назад

@@zephyranthes7856 Exactly!

@MCLVideo 10 месяцев назад

@@scott_3336No, genius, they cannot change relicense it without the consent of all contributors.

@AzzAGoss86 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for all of your words and perspective here. It's heartbreaking, in a nut shell, to see all of my favourite developers take such a big hit like this. There is so much lost trust with what has been a mainstay in the gamedev scene for so long, and all tied with the sour taste of greed. I hope that you are able to stay afloat, Samyam, and do what's best for you! If that involves keeping making tutorials and content, then that is even better! I'm moving to Godot myself for personal projects, but still having to teach Unity in my day job until curriculums adapt will definitely be an interesting time. 💖

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words! It will be a massive change for all of us :)

@AzzAGoss86 10 месяцев назад

@@samyam You're welcome! Yes, the whole place will become something different that's for sure

@WillKlein 10 месяцев назад

This is such a fair response, particularly about the betrayal of trust. Even if they walk this back, they are showing their intent to rug pull current terms and pricing model. I’m sorry this affects you so much. You deserve so much respect for seeing this as an opportunity though, and for being so gracious to others in the industry including the employees at Unity.

@LifeisReal1990 10 месяцев назад

I really liked how she showed her appreciation to the employees and sponsors that gave Samyam a nice experience in different events. I know the employees may be shocked at the changes that the higher ups in Unity made, but Unity will destroy itself. Now I would like to see it stay out of business for good.

@clavesi 10 месяцев назад

I hate to see Unity doing this. I've been using it for 10 years or so, which is crazy cause I'm only 19. But it's the first engine I ever developed something in, even before I really knew programming. It holds a special place in my heart. It's just incident after incident with Unity now and it seems apparent that they don't actually care about developers anymore. I was meaning to switch anyways just to move more towards FOSS, but this is just the nail in the coffin. I wish you and everyone else luck in our switch. Just remember, while it may be hard, it shouldn't be as hard as before as we have experience this time.

@Shinde1000 10 месяцев назад

Bro mine too

@uripont4744 10 месяцев назад

Same

@EduardsRuzga 10 месяцев назад

Respect starting so early!

@halfmune5242 10 месяцев назад

i am also 19 and used unity for 6 years. first game engine i ever used and a loot of memorys made in this time... but i think (like you said) it schouldn´t be as hard as before... and i see it as a new begining to something wonderfull... something that i would have never done if i stayed whit unity. we have learnd to use one engine when we didnt knew anythig and i am sure we can do it again whit knowlege. love to everyone you got this (sorry for bad english)

@Vastin 10 месяцев назад

Look at it this way, you just got a very unpleasant and expensive lesson about the dark side of capitalism, wherein executives can plunder a company from within, completely destroying decades of hard work and labor by their own employees in order to make a ton of money off of IPO stock grants, and then walk away from the burning rubble and thousands of unemployed families, while whistling a happy tune to themselves.

@3dnacho 10 месяцев назад

Stay strong Samyam! Bro, I'm a mobile developer and I just can't imagine what would happen if Google Play does some bad policy like this. This is bizarre. These billionaires just want money and don't care about us. I hope every game dev stay strong now and I think you made a really good choice by diversifying your knowledge. I also hope new Open Source game engines born from this.

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@chigstardan7285 10 месяцев назад

Godot is the best free and open source game engine. With the way it's getting more traffic and contributions, it might become the Blender of game engines

@jarail 10 месяцев назад

The google/apple tax is already an insane fee.

@Eduard02834 10 месяцев назад

For mobile you wont have charge. Per instal if you switch to UA from unity the Level Play, am in mobile industry every body is workin now for new games…

@4xh9 10 месяцев назад

Does this decision not include the mobile games ??

@derAbi_ 10 месяцев назад

It took me almost 2 years to learn the Unity engine to the point where I could finally make my own games, but after this innovation I lost all my motivation and I just don't know whether I have the strength to learn a new engine or not ... I don't feel like supporting what unity is trying to do... I'm frustrated

@Neyavva 10 месяцев назад

Bro you never demotivate again for other decisions, i know its very as im also same but it's okay

@zoeherriot 10 месяцев назад

One thing you will find is that a lot of your investment in time isn't lost. The principles are all the same. Game engines don't diverge that much. At work (I work in a game development company specialising in tech) - I will routinely switch between engines based on the clients need. I'm currently working on an in-house game engine for a large Japanese client. Next year, it may be UE5. And I suspect soon, we'll get a lot of people coming to us to port Unity games to some other engine. There is some friction to learning a new engine - but your investment in time is going to be a lot lower the second time around. You can probably be productive within days. Don't sweat it - don't think of the problem in specifics, think about it in concepts.

@rob-rendell 10 месяцев назад

It must be very discouraging, but remember: downloading another engine and having a play isn't a commitment. If you feel trapped and frustrated with the current Unity situation, you could download Godot and/or Unreal, and spend a weekend just working through some tutorials while thinking about how that engine's features might apply to your game. Don't think about everything that you'd have to do all over again, just pick one thing about your game you think is cool and try to get that bit working in another engine. As @zoeherriot says, you'll find that a lot of the underlying fundamentals from your Unity learning will apply to other engines, even if the specifics are different. You can always go back to working on your game in Unity later if you decide the alternatives aren't working for you.

@madjunir 10 месяцев назад

I feel for you man 😢. This is the reason why I now also have open source apps in my resume. Apart from other 3D apps I learned Blender (specifically because the proprietary ones always came up with this type of BS). Blender became so popular because of that and has improved super fast. With game engines is the same. It doesn't hurt to have some experience with an engine like Godot in your resume. Even if it's not your main engine, having experience with it will always keep you safe from BS like this from Greedy Corporations who will always put profits first to milk their user base to oblivion. Try C# version of Godot for a few weeks. Follow some small tutorials and you'll feel better and more secure (even if it doesn't become your main engine you'll definitely feel better) 😊

@FirebreathingGamesOG 10 месяцев назад

I too have the same choice, but remember who you were when you started the journey. The engine is not the answer, its the game and the love of what we get to do. Tech stacks change, don't allow that to derail what you love to do!! We will ride this out together, and supporting each other is so much more important now more than ever.

@Awesomefortnitegaming100 10 месяцев назад

i now understand why brackeys left.

@nusratzahan6397 10 месяцев назад

😮😮😮😢

@Grace_3D 10 месяцев назад

Really 🥲

@blo0m1985 10 месяцев назад

That ceo killed ultima online, killed sims 3, killed sport games and they had him to kill unity

@soulminds 10 месяцев назад

That was a long time ago

@owosenivicent2035 10 месяцев назад

😢

@BlortNet 10 месяцев назад

So much respect Sam. The first unity sponsored Dev I have seen to speak out

@kennethrampage 10 месяцев назад

I've always been a huge fan of you and your content. Legit, you're just great ♥ I, like a lot of people, am a Unity dev that's decided to make the switch to Unreal. If you do any guides on learning Unreal through the lens of a Unity developer I think that would be a huge hit

@JohnLeBoeufLittle 10 месяцев назад

Mad respect seeing you branch out to other engines and holding to your principles. Your videos are bomb and I hope to see what you might create with a new stack.

@WannibeManisha 10 месяцев назад

Nice job covering the issue! Sad to see you cut ties, loved all your Unity tutorials and I'm sure you'll thrive in whatever engine your content will be made in. I'm still figuring out what to do with my main game but I will definitely be jumping into Unreal to diversify my skills at least.

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Manisha! Yeah it’s sad, but for the better long term :) Hope you are able to get it resolved! I think no matter what you choose the game will be great

@larkendelvie 10 месяцев назад

The TOS changes is the deal breaker for me too. One thing I will point out having worked in IT for decades it is good for folks to switch technology every decade or so. For my game dev efforts I'll be spending a bit of time in both Unreal and Godot for the next bit and then making a decision. But this decision is no where near as difficult for me as so far I haven't finished a game.

@drafa. 10 месяцев назад

If you're a new game developer, you shouldn't worry about the Unity Runtime Fee. Finish your game, and use it as a portfolio for the next project. It's most likely you will never go pass the $200k/yr or $1M/yr revenue thresholds for the fee to apply.

@jonathanjblair 10 месяцев назад

I was here at the beginning when you started and was glad to see you grow. I too have been using and teaching Unity forever and have decided to switch engines as well. I find it makes me feel much sadder than I would have expected but I'm excited to see what I can create elsewhere. I'll be here watching and supporting you as you make your journey too.

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@AyItsKevin 10 месяцев назад

Just sucks to have to relearn new API nuances but other than that I think switching engines won’t be so tough

@AyItsKevin 10 месяцев назад

@@stevenanthony9387 I was initially on UDK before Unity so I think I might head back to Unreal but blueprints/visual scripting is not my preferred workflow

@AyItsKevin 10 месяцев назад

@@stevenanthony9387 yea just did a google search if it was mandatory to use blueprints lol don’t know why I thought that would be the case 🤣 at least I get to go through that learning curve pain again

@arlasoft 10 месяцев назад

Perhaps learning the base engine won't be too much of a transition if you're doing File > New Project today. But if you're two years into a project, or if you've built it around one or more of the many excellent frameworks in the extremely mature Asset Store such as Gaia or Corgi, then you're in trouble. Unreal is not really an option for me as I prefer to have 4-5 old macbooks and iMacs dotted around the house that I can jump on at any given moment, and that really needs a dedicated desktop machine with a decent GPU. While coming from Unity, Godot's workflows are just...weird. Learning a new language/API is the easy part, it's the other stuff - if your Unity project is heavy on Scriptable Objects/Addressables/DOTS/Jobs/VR, you've got to redesign everything from scratch to fit the Unreal/Godot approach.

@kodaxmax 10 месяцев назад

on the other hand ,most APIs don't have as many unintutive nuances as Unity.

@arlasoft 10 месяцев назад

@@kodaxmaxEither way if you've been doing it for 3, 5, or 10 years then by now it's second nature whether it was intuitive to begin with or not - you don't even have to think. Time spent looking up how a given engine handles X or Y is time not spent making the game. Godot failed my 'intuitivity' test almost immediately by referring to what I would describe perhaps as an 'object', 'entity', 'prototype', 'component' or 'prefab' as a 'scene'. So you create your bullet scene, attach it your gun scene, place that in your avatar scene and then place that scene in the scene scene before dynamically loading the data for the current cutscene scene into your scene scene.

@Jalechah 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Sam for all the content you've provided for us Unity Devs. You've been such an amazing guide and resource especially when Unity brought out their New Input System. There wasn't much info or tutorials on it and you really helped me out a lot. I'll be switching to a new engine as I feel the same as you and many other Devs out there. Just know that I and many others will continue to support you and looking forward to seeing where your game dev journey leads :)

@metafa84 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. Your vid was the most informative of them all. It seems the situation is much worse than I thought..

@JadonBarnes 10 месяцев назад

I've been patiently waiting to hear your reaction to this and what you planned to do. Glad to see you posted a video about it.

@preludelight 10 месяцев назад

Good on you for standing strong with your morals. I'm excited to see what you do next.

@crickkin 10 месяцев назад

It has been 3 days, and I'm still shocked with all that is happening, after 3 years working with Unity, I was not hoping to be punched in the face with such a situation, and I'm really sad about this. Luckily, I already know enough of GameMaker to continue working with 2D games after I finish my current project (that sadly will be the last one I make with Unity). I think I'll be trying out Godot or Unreal for 3D games, 'cause I really wanted to make some 3D stuff.

@gattra 10 месяцев назад

Please continue making content throughout your journey learning UE! Would love to follow along and learn with you

@GameLargo 10 месяцев назад

I have seen you in other places, but I have never run into your YT channel. I subbed within moments of realizing that you had even been sponsored by them but were ready to jump ship. That takes strength and resolve. Excited to see where you will go.

@jefflynch 10 месяцев назад

Sam, I know this has to be really hard for you; I've seen how hard you've worked to grow in this space and your recent successes. It sucks that Unity had to do this to all of us, but especially to those they partnered with to promote the brand. That was a complete betrayal, and you deserve to take a moment to feel proud of yourself for choosing your integrity. I was going to head to Unite as well, but something tells me the mood there is not going to be great this year. 🤭I'm in the midst of exploring other engines too, including Unreal (which I have some experience in) and Godot (which I have zero experience in). I look forward to seeing you share your new experiences!

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the support!

@FirebreathingGamesOG 10 месяцев назад

Hi sam, it was your first videos and your easy teaching style that got me to commit to the dream of my own indie studio. Unity did not make the jump easy, but experts like yourself helped with that process. I am weeks away from my first prototype full game to be released on steam, and now have a really tough decision to make as I pursue funding help in getting this project off the ground. I have no idea about pricing, and these Unity changes make it so much worse! For myself, I will prototype this game in Unity, but switch to Unreal Engine for the final release. Its going to be a rough road, and hope that I the stamina to pivot to a product that believes in me as an Indie Dev.

@WingofTech 10 месяцев назад

The background music really sets the mood. I hope you create some incredible tutorials Sam! I have been concerned about Unreal because of Tencent’s ownership but… if you could make a video that eases those worries. :p

@NoTimeLeft_ 10 месяцев назад

As the solo developer for NTL I feel this. I have already started hearing that publishers won't take a look at unity projects. Which puts me and my project in a weird position. I'm two years in and probably two years out. If things don't change funding for this project may be non-existent. Can't switch engines so with no options left I have to keep going and hope this project gains immense traction. Fingers crossed.

@lunacy5772 10 месяцев назад

Best of luck dude.

@larion2336 10 месяцев назад

Why can't you switch?

@Notllamalord 10 месяцев назад

@@larion2336nearly impossible without rewriting a lot of the code and refactoring all the assets

@Jadebones 10 месяцев назад

@@larion2336 licensing on assets would be my guess.

@Dismiazs 10 месяцев назад

@@larion2336 changing your game engine is like changing your house location. Is it possible to move the whole house? you need to break everything down without breaking it. Transport it to the new location. Reinstalling everything as it was. All this while you need a place to sleep, abiding the new location house requirements, paying the worker, and don't forget about the weather. God forbid you do this in winter.

@KelfeinX 10 месяцев назад

Just wanted to say thank you for all your tutorials throughout the years. They really helped me get better with Unity, but now because of this, I too am switching to Godot or Unreal. Hoping things work out for you!

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you, best of luck as well!

@ogulakol6279 10 месяцев назад

Looking forward for your tutorials :) I'm one of the new developers from completely different background. I spent so much time and money to learn Unity and now I do too actively considering switching to Godot and Unreal. Could use all the resources we all can. Good luck on your journey!

@FredZ5 10 месяцев назад

Good luck, Sam! I look forward to seeing where you go. Just a thought... Have you considered training neural nets to do most of the rendering?

@JermsKylefilms 10 месяцев назад

I was just learning unity

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

You can still continue with it! But personally in good conscious I cannot continue to advocate for them with these business practices.

@JermsKylefilms 10 месяцев назад

Yeah it’s sus

@aarondoesitagain 10 месяцев назад

Go OFF Sam! I know you'll kill it wherever you go, but your summary here is one of the clearest explanations of the situation from a veteran devs position Curious about your thoughts for Godot 3D which seems to be a recently supported addition... or is Unreal the defacto 3D engine

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

thank you! no way godot 3d compared to unreal engine with nanite, lumen, that’s their specialty. but maybe it’s easier for you to work with godot 3d than unreal, you should try both!

@RoderickUrb 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video Sam, your explanation was very concise and clear, while also bringing a much needed visibility on these issues. It's scary how much Gaming industry is evolving into an obscure and soulless behemoth (At least for the big studios and AAA). Have a great weekend

@L0NG_PR0NG 10 месяцев назад

This was a really thoughtful and mature response to this unfortunate situation and I think you have a great mindset and plan laid out for the future.

@blaze595 10 месяцев назад

While all the stuff happening with Unity is horrible; I really respect you sticking to your ethics and cutting ties with such a massive part of your channel/income. 👍 Looking forward to seeing the content you create going forward!

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@mikicerise6250 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely. So much respect!

@Noob_FPS 10 месяцев назад

Apple is in bed with Unity -- their Vision Pro's entire future depends on it. And they don't have another choice as the other major player is Unreal, but they are in a lawsuit with Epic. There's a high chance Apple will simply acquire them at a discount. Or maybe this WAS their plan all along, as Unity's execs mass sold all their shares days before they announced this idiotic business model. All seems very sus. I hope you and all other devs get together and help build Godot into a powerhouse so the industry is never held hostage by another monopolistic platform ever again.

@ashamahee 10 месяцев назад

dude this actually makes sense, there has been alot of uncovering of corruption and collaberation within companies and corporations where they get senior leadership plants into companies and then run them into the ground and then they get acquired by other larger entities for pennies on the dollar, would not surprise me if that is what is going on here. The leadership also sold off their stock holdings before making the announcement so this def smells of planned insider trading/hostile acquisition.

@Sipu79 10 месяцев назад

They didn't, JR has over 3+ million shares, the few thousand he sold is just some auto-sell automation. He still holds over 3 million shares, which is a significant chunk.

@ashamahee 10 месяцев назад

@@Sipu79 ok that is important information, I didnt check any official filings myself but just assumed that the info shared online was correct. Thanks for the update

@Sipu79 10 месяцев назад

@@ashamahee there's a lot of misinformation regarding the stocks floating online so it's good to be mindful of that. a lot of executive compensation is equity and they have very strict rules on how they can sell that equity and when. when you hear numbers like "50000 stock this year" it sounds like a lot if you don't understand that generally execs have massive piles of stock. These are peanut numbers. It's a very different situation if an exec suddenly liquidates a sizable chunk of their ownership of a company and those usually require SEC filings etc. because they are subject to insider trading rules.

@adamaze2920 10 месяцев назад

how many od them did a short in unity shares ? knowing it will plunge

@newgameld2512 10 месяцев назад

It wasn’t the fault of Unity Technologies. John Riccitiello, the ex-EA CEO, pulled the strings. It was all his decision. Couldn’t have been anyone else.

@buttjunkie7956 10 месяцев назад

There was allegedly a lot of internal opposition and some resignations over this, but management in all of their great wisdom went ahead.

@Ultimateroku 10 месяцев назад

Well hs an "Ex Ea" ceo

@culfire 10 месяцев назад

I wish every game dev would name their villian after the ceo

@remysadventures-official8357 10 месяцев назад

Wasn't this dirtbag the same as loot boxes? Btw thanks for shinning light on this fact

@IanHsieh 10 месяцев назад

@@culfire Like what Suda51 did.

@ChristofferLund 10 месяцев назад

Good luck! I'm stoked to see what you'll do in Unreal and Godot

@donmacsween2842 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for all your teaching and help over the years, take us with you on your new journey we will follow ❤

@easilydistractedinteractive 10 месяцев назад

The other issue is that not only does steam take a cut, and not only does unity take a flat rate, there's still tax that we have to worry about.

@dibbieknight7886 10 месяцев назад

This is really sad to see, I always suggest your Input System playlist to developers, and everyone (including myself) find it so much more helpful than the actual documentation - I hope if you do make educational content for Godot/Unreal, that I can continue to learn from you and suggest similar content - one things for sure, Unity has shown just how good it is to expand into other engines and languages and as you mentioned, not to "put all your eggs in one basket" once your ready to build something intended for release, im sure many devs (including myself) will sadly be feeling that transition and time investment

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@shobeon 10 месяцев назад

Hey, I found your channel when I was in my final semester at uni, and I found your tutorials very helpful for helping me to finish my final project. I want to say thanks for great tutorials that you have made.😁

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! :)

@tomwor3380 10 месяцев назад

You approach this with a great spirit! Good luck in your endeavours.

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@popay0163 10 месяцев назад

I was waiting u since yesterday😢

@Dominik-K 10 месяцев назад

I really am concerned about their ability to retroactively change the rules and pull the rug out from developers retroactively

@kinghoju 10 месяцев назад

Yes that is 100% the issue. In essence you don't own your game, Unity owns your game.

@ThomasJackson 10 месяцев назад

Proud of you Sam! Principles over compromise. Think you will have a lot of fun with Unreal. Can’t wait to see what you do and will always support you.

@Sefcear 10 месяцев назад

8:11 where can i see all of these pics in higher resolution? looks fun to read

@eomgames 10 месяцев назад

"Eggs in a basket" as you say in the vid. I do think building/using other tools make you a more seasoned dev. As you switch between frameworks and engines you'll find that core concepts and fundamentals never change. I've worked off and on with Unity since 2014 and kind of glad to shut the book. I mainly work in the web world so I'm a big proponent of Babylon.JS over Unity's WebGL support. As far as languages go picking up C++/JS/GDscript just make you a stronger programmer long term anyway. To everyone worried about new engines/apis and what not, you got this. Spread wings.

@glutenfreegames8789 10 месяцев назад

THANK YOU FOR COVERING THE COERCIVE MONETIZATION ANGLE. So few people talking about the whole debacle mention/realize that perspective. This move was meant to force Unity developers to be more aggressive with our monetization methods. Afterall the CEO called devs who don't use microtransactions "F&$&ing morons". I cancelled my nearly 10 year pro subscription yesterday and I've been watching Unreal tutorials all day, no way I'd ever trust Unity again. To any devs reading this: EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of my fans and current players of my Early Access game were fully supportive and understanding of the decision to leave Unity and put the game on indefinite hold while I learn Unreal. If you feel scared or trapped, don't be. You CAN leave if thats what you want to do. I'm lucky I was in a position to do so. Goodluck everone

@SulaemanSantoso 10 месяцев назад

This must not have been easy for you. take heart and keep fighting. your content helps me a lot as i am also creating content in my country XD (unity content aswell ). so thank you so much

@MrFrogBog 10 месяцев назад

Making the switch to Godot and Unreal myself. There are many of us embarking on this new journey with you, keep up the good work with your channel, all is not lost and im looking forward to seeing your amazing content with these new tools.

@JJSmalls 10 месяцев назад

Pick one. Don't waste time.

@MrFrogBog 10 месяцев назад

I have. Godot for 2D & Unreal for 3D @@JJSmalls

@Notllamalord 10 месяцев назад

I really hope that the community heals at some point, Unity really is a great engine

@vcb7480 10 месяцев назад

You've been my favorite Unity content creator since I found your channel, learned so much from your videos. I'm sorry that you find yourself in such an uncomfortable situation, but as you say that may work out for the best in the end. New beginnings can be really exciting, and I'm sure it's gonna be a lot of fun to learn new engines and see the possibilities that come out of that. No matter what, I'll be sure to keep stay up to date with your content and I wish you the best :)

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Hirosanman 10 месяцев назад

I’m super proud of you for taking this stand. I’m in the same boat and it’s awesome seeing I’m not alone in this situation. I love the Unity program but it’s time I expand my skillset. Once I release my newest game I’ll be going back to Unreal and checking out Godot. I love your content so I’m super excited to see what you will be releasing in the coming months!

@halfling.2344 10 месяцев назад

İ was already searching and practicing gadot unreal for couple of months, happy to see that there is a chance to move along that journey with you, wish you succes on your next chapter sam🎉

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@halfling.2344 10 месяцев назад

@@samyam thank you for this reaction 🤓👏

@BobbeDev 10 месяцев назад

Great video, looks like we got some learning to do

@ZyronnSorrow 10 месяцев назад

Respect. I’ve always enjoyed your content, and I wish you the best of luck in learning new engines!

@aesthezel 10 месяцев назад

¡Hasta la próxima! Gracias por tu punto de vista y clarificación Thank you very much for the video, I hope that you'll found a new journey and hopefully a better things to learn and teach, its a new day and the sun is leading us to the adventure!

@corriedotdev 10 месяцев назад

well said. ironsource merge was the begining of the shady antics. unfortunatley 80% of my phd and my in development title is built in unity. too far gone my end currently, but damn looking forward to seeing what you release from here, good luck!

@override9872 10 месяцев назад

Hello. So, which engine should we choose? And what about the assets that we have purchaced from Unity Store? Which engine is compatible?

@animeheven4641 10 месяцев назад

Can you use a free engine tier then when you are close to realese switch to the 2000 usd to remove the splash screen?

@nixonscherbarth1974 10 месяцев назад

This video makes me sad, like your last words really hit me.. You got this, power girllll

@abdoreda7126 10 месяцев назад

It must be very difficult for you and others who have devoted a lot of time into unity for this to happen. It makes me sad that this is happening because I was looking forward to be a part of that community but the community itself is now disappearing. Also, This is by far the best video I have seen discussing the topic and its different issues. - How will they track the installs and privacy concerns. - How the fees affect cheep and free games. - The problem is not with the fees, but with the decision itself and decisions like it. who says they won't make similar decisions in the future. - That the employees at unity are not really to be blamed, and that most of them love the engine and wants it to be better. Its clear the direction that the executives at Unity is heading is really worrisome, removing plus subscription, having to be online while using the editor. Its soo fucked up, but hopefully this will be better for all of us, after this maybe a new engine or tools for existing engines will get much better as demand increases !

@MantridJones 10 месяцев назад

Love that you have the guts to do this!

@TinyTusk 10 месяцев назад

youtube recommended your channel, i like your style. Have a sub and keep up the good work :)

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

thank you!

@andrewzizhen 10 месяцев назад

I was also planning on going to the new Unity Unite event :( but given the current state, I will be canceling it too. I am so sorry that this happened but I really like the optimistic outlook you have on this! Keep it up and take care!

@Feinei 10 месяцев назад

I literally just learned how to make a multiplayer app last week from your tutorial and now I gotta learn it again but in Godot. At least I'm not midway into a project like a lot of other people and am just starting my next thing, the switch was extremely easy for me.

@ThomasStewartDev 10 месяцев назад

Well said, Sam. Pretty crappy situation, but I'm excited to see how your channel evolves.

@necroticzxx 10 месяцев назад

Just starting to learn how to be an indie developer and I was going to use Unity, and I am SO GLAD I didn't start making it yet

@Krayfishkarl 10 месяцев назад

Excellent recap! To be honest, I feel like I dodged a bullet having chosen my current project to use the Unreal Engine. However, I still use Unity at my day job. While I don't think I'll be personally affected by the changes, I wish everyone the best of luck with this, and I hope all the concerns are eventually addressed.

@MiniatureGiantsGameDev 10 месяцев назад

When creators like you take a stand, this is what will get Unity to sit up and, hopefully, take notice this time around. I've been creating occasional content for a modest 500 subscribers, and perhaps this is the time to look at building a new audience and/or extending my current one in a new direction. Thanks for all you do.

@jasonwilliams8730 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for making this video. If I move over to Godot am I able to use all the C# code I Wrote in the previous Engine? I'm hoping for some easy copy and paste action lol

@EggsSkrambled 10 месяцев назад

Hey Samyam, love your content, thanks for the clarification on this subject that three's been lots of confusion and worry about. As someone who uses unitys free version, do you know if ill be charged per download even if I make less than 200,000$? (I'm a 16 yr old game dev and have been using this engine since I was 8 years old. I just wanna know if I should start learning something new :/ )

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

No, you need to meet the 200K yearly requirement to even be charged first unity.com/runtime-fee

@xaviervitor 10 месяцев назад

I really liked your attitude making it clear that the workers on Unity are not responsible for this mess, and admire the confidence in you talking about the engine switch you're going to go through. Good luck and keep at it, you are awesome.

@FirebreathingGamesOG 10 месяцев назад

The fact that she can make a distinction from the people and the corporation shows much she really understands what is going on here. Maybe thisi time it will be different, sadly, will have to watch this from some placeUnreal and GODOT out of here!

@nocturnal1507 10 месяцев назад

I love your content, looking forward to Unreal tutorials

@RogerTheil 10 месяцев назад

Man, I'm dug in and about to release my first game on Unity, and already developing a few more on the platform. I'm hoping this debacle (or the many lawsuits coming) causes them to reverse course on this.

@Skeffles 10 месяцев назад

It's a pain this is happening but I am so glad to see people, like yourself, up for learning new things. Unity, as a tool, is great but this whole fiasco has really highlighted the fragility of the game development environment. Good luck learning and diversifying your skills!

@Sylfa 10 месяцев назад

I read a post today from an ex-Unity employee. They quit this morning (or yesterday, time-zones) and said that there will be more people quitting soon, that many of them voiced concerns and the executives basically said they'd clarify shortly. And then they went ahead and made it public, without as much as a heads up to the employees.

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Sorry to hear, hoping your new journey is bountiful!

@Sylfa 10 месяцев назад

@@samyam I think I didn't make myself clear, I was talking about a post *from* an ex-Unity employee. My apologies, I'm sure they will appreciate your kind words though. I'm just a hobbyist game dev, mostly untouched by this change. Except that I'll be figuring out how much work converting Unity assets will be…

@trueh 10 месяцев назад

All my support with your brave decission. I'm sure you will not regret it 🙂

@StormWHM 10 месяцев назад

I agree. Make things simple for developers. A predictable revenue based on percentiles would be reasonable. Now all we need is a bunch of tutorials on how to use C++ for Unreal with things like Gamepads, User Interface and Generic Gameplay elements for Unreal Engine. Might even need tutorials on how to manage in-game data with database scripts, instead of the reliance on Unity's Serializable habits.

@ashkewww7365 10 месяцев назад

Just found your channel amidst the unity drama. Best of luck on your learning a new engine journey!

@samyam 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@user-fx3br2lj1r 10 месяцев назад

I have been learning Unity for 2 years... It's really heartbreaking to encounter such a situation. If I switch to learning Unreal, it feels like starting all over again... The most important thing is, what should I do with the assets purchased from the Unity Asset Store!

@MuffinManProductions3D 10 месяцев назад

Yesssss Sam if we all take a stand we can force them to reverse this! Also, thanks for acknowledging Unity Plus users who are being forced to upgrade to Pro if we don't want the damn splash screen logo.

@manlo2206 10 месяцев назад

To be honest, I actually cried out at the end, I gonna amit you are very brave to stand out for this matter. I really don’t have the guts to do so as I spend almost the same amount of time like you in Unity😢

@MrZtapp 10 месяцев назад

Sad to see you go but as we are also switching I continue following you and your very good content.

@animeheven4641 10 месяцев назад

I have a few indie games that I'm looking for that are set to release in 2024, I can't imagine how they will react or even will they deal with this insanity . Good luck to them and may Unity come crushing down after this breach of years of trust for just a quick buck.

@ElaraMorwen 10 месяцев назад

Been watching you and learned a few tricks from you, thanks a lot for that. I'm switching to UE now.

@unknownbro9857 10 месяцев назад

Can anyone suggest a newbie game dev learner what to do at this situation? Currently I am learning input events applying at sprites. Should I switch gaming engine? Or complete the basics of unity?

@sabiplaypuzzles7332 10 месяцев назад

Many developers and especially people who are very involved with Unity should take an example from you. That's a very strong stance from you👍 I wish you good luck and success with a new engine. Personally, I will try UnrealEngine. After all, I'm lucky that I haven't really learned much in Unity yet.

@Vathez753 10 месяцев назад

Are you going to start a new ELI5'ish tutorial series for other engines (or already have them)? Up until now, I've only really used Unity. Barely dipped my toe in Unreal and haven't even heard of the other one you mentioned in this video.

@Perez3005 10 месяцев назад

Samyam, any chance of trying Flax? I’m giving it a go and your tutorials helped me a lot with Unity, your thoughts on would be really appreciated!

@faythi7499 10 месяцев назад

I'm there with you. Switched from Unity to Godot for my project. Getting going with C# in it and so far so good.

@RikiRandom 10 месяцев назад

I started to learn unreal some months ago so in the end I'm happy that you'll switch too. Maybe you'll have more time than me to learn and teach me some useful tips that I missed, especially on programming. C++ is a big challenge