Originally planned to be free-to-play, the upcoming co-op house-builder and designer sim Hometopia will now cost $19.99 during the Early Access period beginning Sept 27th.
In apology, a 15% launch discount was announced alongside the above.
That said, Unity’s new model encourages MTX in some ways, as new buys incur new Runtime costs, while MTX purchases from existing customers don’t. If anything, this encourages a model where there needs to be an upfront cost to cover the Unity tax, and further in-game purchases to make actual money.
I agree, Unity’s aggressive monetisation encourages devs/publishers to do the same. Tbf, the guy behind it all has been quoted saying that anyone who doesn’t aggressively monetise their game is an idiot…
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If they’d cut MTX, it would be a welcome change.
That said, Unity’s new model encourages MTX in some ways, as new buys incur new Runtime costs, while MTX purchases from existing customers don’t. If anything, this encourages a model where there needs to be an upfront cost to cover the Unity tax, and further in-game purchases to make actual money.
I agree, Unity’s aggressive monetisation encourages devs/publishers to do the same. Tbf, the guy behind it all has been quoted saying that anyone who doesn’t aggressively monetise their game is an idiot…