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Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community | Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.::Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.

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[–] snek@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (16 children)

So out of every 1M downloads, that's $200,000 to Unity's pocket and out of the pockets of developers. Am I doing this math right?

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Not downloads. Installs. They also count re installs. So if you. Install a game, play it, remove it, then install again later that is an additional charge to the dev.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How does that even work if say I buy a game at $10 and then I uninstall and install 51 times?

[–] cuzit@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

That’s the cool part, it doesn’t.

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