General Gaming Thread

[Bear Ribs]

So, has anyone seen the kerfluffle over Unity? It seems they're introducing Microtransactions... no not on users, on the developers. Unity's new pricing plan is to charge developers every time a person downloads the game. No, not buys it, downloads. So if you bought it, played through, and then uninstalled, they get charged again if you decide to revisit it a year later. Also people have already found lines of code that will tattle on unauthorized installs, so if you pirate the game, the studio will still get charged for the download by Unity.

Unity’s plans to charge per game install has developers begging gamers not to download their games

Unity faced internal pushback for the controversial decision

www.techradar.com

The memes are already... abundant.

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

So, has anyone seen the kerfluffle over Unity? It seems they're introducing Microtransactions... no not on users, on the developers. Unity's new pricing plan is to charge developers every time a person downloads the game. No, not buys it, downloads. So if you bought it, played through, and then uninstalled, they get charged again if you decide to revisit it a year later. Also people have already found lines of code that will tattle on unauthorized installs, so if you pirate the game, the studio will still get charged for the download by Unity.

Oh thank god...Anything to punish game devs for making so much endless trash...

This has to be a dream, no way this could happen.

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[TheRejectionist]

So, has anyone seen the kerfluffle over Unity? It seems they're introducing Microtransactions... no not on users, on the developers. Unity's new pricing plan is to charge developers every time a person downloads the game. No, not buys it, downloads. So if you bought it, played through, and then uninstalled, they get charged again if you decide to revisit it a year later. Also people have already found lines of code that will tattle on unauthorized installs, so if you pirate the game, the studio will still get charged for the download by Unity.

Unity’s plans to charge per game install has developers begging gamers not to download their games

Unity faced internal pushback for the controversial decision

www.techradar.com

The memes are already... abundant.

Oh thank god...Anything to punish game devs for making so much endless trash...

This has to be a dream, no way this could happen.

 

[Bear Ribs]

All the major execs at Unity sold all their shares about two weeks before the announcement. So the decision-makers knew this was a terrible idea and got their own cash out first. This lends a lot of credence to some of the conspiracy theories.

One that feels right to me is that this is a move against Indie game developers. Over the last few years, Indie games have grown large, at this point 95% of titles on Steam are Indies with the other 5% going to the big-name studios. A lot of people actually did learn to code during the Covid lockdowns and started making their own games. Indie games like Rust, Among Us, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Etc. are all big-name titles that have reached the point where they're directly competing with the big boys. And the lion's share of those indie games use Unity, it's been the go-to for ten years now. Several of the biggest titles this year have been indie games running Unity, like Dave the Diver, Oxenfree II, and Sea of Stars.

So look at who benefits from this move by Unity. The AAA studios aren't affected directly, they don't use Unity. Unity itself doesn't benefit, it's blatantly obvious to everybody this is going to destroy the company and, again, all the Execs dumped their shares before the announcement so they clearly knew they were destroying their own company. This isn't something they thought they would profit off of. It massively hurts Indie developers, which in turns gives a leg back up to the AAA studios.

I am perhaps a bit prone to seeing conspiracy theories where the super-wealthy conspire to keep down the middle class if they get uppity and start being too successful, but a company deliberately hurting themselves in a way that can only benefit the wealthy while hurting a rising middle class definitely twings my conspiracy sense.

 

[Karmic Acumen]

I am perhaps a bit prone to seeing conspiracy theories where the super-wealthy conspire to keep down the middle class if they get uppity and start being too successful, but a company deliberately hurting themselves in a way that can only benefit the wealthy while hurting a rising middle class definitely twings my conspiracy sense.

We've just seen a guy proudly explain how the corporate assholes and governments of the world have conspired to ruin all economies because employees have too much self-respect. Destroying Indie games is the MOST likely explanation based on that big-brained take alone.

And I mean that literally, did you see that guy's forehead? You can park a yacht under that hairline.

 

[Bear Ribs]

We've just seen a guy proudly explain how the corporate assholes and governments of the world have conspired to ruin all economies because employees have too much self-respect. Destroying Indie games is the MOST likely explanation based on that big-brained take alone.

And I mean that literally, did you see that guy's forehead? You can park a yacht under that hairline.

Yeah, but can you trust the person who posted that video?

 

[Karmic Acumen]

Yeah, but can you trust the person who posted that video?

It's a video and it's not AI, the guy says what he says. I don't trust Bill Gates either, but I believe him when he says he wants to bury all the trees.

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[TheRejectionist]

Crossposting this with the movie thread because it could be potentially be used in both contexts.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Crossposting this with the movie thread because it could be potentially be used in both contexts.

I prefer for games to have an actual artstyle rather than just emulating real life. The technique could have use outside of gaming, though. Maybe for reconstructing crime scenes.

 

[TheRejectionist]

I prefer for games to have an actual artstyle rather than just emulating real life.

I think it can still have its art style depending on how it will be used. For example, i wouldn't mind an even more reàlistic Elden RIng.

The technique could have use outside of gaming, though. Maybe for reconstructing crime scenes.

or 3D FILMING!

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[TheRejectionist]

 

[Jormungandr]

I remember the Mortal Kombat 2011 designs compared to the recent ones. We can certainly see where Wokeness took over, since although the designs in 11 looked like bimbos in leotards, the characters in X look like men in drag in comparison, lol.

 

[Husky_Khan]

The characters in MK9 had iconic and great models but yeah they still looked like bimbos. They looked great but in story mode it just seemed inherently ridiculous. I'm glad they went with a more grounded look for the characters in general since they were trying to tell an actual story instead of some porn version of one. People can still fap to the MK Bimbos on Rule 34 and through mods thankfully still.

 

[Jormungandr]

The characters in MK9 had iconic and great models but yeah they still looked like bimbos. They looked great but in story mode it just seemed inherently ridiculous. I'm glad they went with a more grounded look for the characters in general since they were trying to tell an actual story instead of some porn version of one. People can still fap to the MK Bimbos on Rule 34 and through mods thankfully still.

There's a difference between moving away from bimbos to... whatever the fuck they look like now. Masculinized?

It's a trend in Western games, though -- women must look like Lord of the Rings' Mordor's extras, otherwise "sexism".

 

[Captain X]

The characters in MK9 had iconic and great models but yeah they still looked like bimbos. They looked great but in story mode it just seemed inherently ridiculous. I'm glad they went with a more grounded look for the characters in general since they were trying to tell an actual story instead of some porn version of one. People can still fap to the MK Bimbos on Rule 34 and through mods thankfully still.

"More grounded?" Did you play Mortal Kombat at all? From day one it was meant to be over the top and offensive. I still remember the moral panic rather fondly.