I find myself wondering what #Unity stupidity means for game preservation.
Many games are likely to be pulled and the devs are likely to do everything possible to stop users from installing these games.
Are these games lost forever? Not able to be preserved?
#gaming #gamingonlinux #gamepreservation #videogames #videogamepreservation
@gpowerf@qoto.org Huh, are the changes retroactive then?
@trinsec I am not 100% sure I have to admit. I think that previous installs don't count, but if your game exists right now then the charges start in 2024 even if the game was developed in the past. They said: "Effective 1st January, 2024, we will introduce a new Unity Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs. We will also add cloud-based asset storage, Unity DevOps tools, and AI at runtime at no extra cost to Unity subscription plans this November."
It's not a new runtime with a new fee, they made it sound like it was a new fee for the existing runtime.
