Unity in trouble? UE4 and CRYENGINE doing something special!

[Sslaxx]

https://www.unrealengine.com/ - UE4 for $20 (€20) a month subscription, 5% royalties, source code access. For certain sizes and types of games, this could make it a much more attractive proposition than Unity (at least $75/month subs, at least $1500 to purchase a full license).

And then http://www.cryengine.com/news/crytek-announces-its-cryengine-as-a-service-program - $9.90 a month apparently royalty-free, but this seems to have vaguer terms than for UE4.

Interesting times, interesting times.

[fervi]

Interesting times will be when all engines will be open source and free - like GNU projects

Fervi

[Darkstar2]

LOL
You sure you really want that ?
http://enigma-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=1832.15

[The 11th plague of Egypt]

Here's a good engine that's been flying under the radar
http://www.shivaengine.com/developer/

And another one that's raising funds for this summer
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jmonkeyengine-summer-of-code

[fervi]

LOL
You sure you really want that ?
http://enigma-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=1832.15

I want free (like a freedom) enigma. I think GPL jest nice license, but you can also choose other license

I don't want use close-source technology, because it close

Fervi

[Rusky]

Free will always be useful for indies and 12 year olds, and freedom will always be useful for some.

The real deciding factor in the future will not be capability or price, but interface- how quickly can you iterate on your game, how easily can you debug it, how good are its tools (think build mode, etc. here)

This is one area that Unity is doing pretty well in.

[Sslaxx]

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/235141-Unreal-Engine-4?p=1569536&viewfull=1#post1569536 - wrong comparison, seeing as there is no free UE4. More accurate would be with the UE3 UDK (which is/was still being updated as of last month) with Unity Free 4.

That said, UE4's features just blow Unity 4 Free away, monthly subscription+royalties or not. Unity 4 Pro compares poorly as well.