Indie Devs Punished for Popularity - GameLinked Sept. 12 2023

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

UNITED IN ANGER

Unity charges developers fees PER INSTALL

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/unity-is-adding-a-royalty-fee-based-on-the-number-of-times-a-game-is-installed/

https://unity.com/pricing-updates

If they pass threshold https://unity.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/NewFeeTable.png

Only installs past the threshold count https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates.1482750/page-2#post-9289318

F2P devs worried https://twitter.com/kurtruslfanclub/status/1701621432894267593

Game Pass / Humble Bundle https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/unity-drops-its-free-model-for-game-developers-requiring-a-fee-per-installation-it-could-have-a-big-negative-impact-on-xbox-game-pass-too

Or just really popular indie games https://twitter.com/DaniDevYT/status/1701650631948214393

Gave away keys to charity? Bad idea! https://twitter.com/FalconeerDev/status/1701588179080597892

Rami Ismail: you thought review-bombing was bad? https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/1701623408222462118

Unity: dw about it https://twitter.com/unity/status/1701692364291510524

Garry Newman of Garry’s Mod isn’t happy https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1701591717588435447

Unity clarification post https://twitter.com/unity/status/1701650081403842851

1 year after raising plan prices https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-pro-and-enterprise-plans-are-going-up-in-price

 

MOONSHOT, MISSED

Starfield “bizarrely worse experience” on Nvidia and Intel

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/11/23867991/starfield-pc-performance-amd-nvidia-intel-digital-foundry-analysis

https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2023-starfield-on-pc-is-the-best-way-to-play-but-the-game-still-requires-a-lot-of-work

Radeon RX 6800 XT beats 3080 by 46%

https://youtu.be/ciOFwUBTs5s?t=1245

Daniel Owen https://youtu.be/ciOFwUBTs5s?t=1208

Nvidia driver update should boost performance

https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/new-nvidia-driver-promises-starfield-improvements-and-optimisations-for-mortal-kombat/

Intel CPUs perform WORSE with hyperthreading on

https://youtu.be/ciOFwUBTs5s?t=1584

Todd Howard claims game is optimized for PC

https://youtu.be/Q-yYmq35E3I?t=2

but does “Optimized” mean that mods are basically necessary? https://fandomwire.com/fans-unhappy-about-starfield-vanilla-state/

don’t worry, mod support in 2024 https://kotaku.com/starfield-official-mod-support-2024-pc-xbox-series-xs-1850825723

can add the Sun back in https://www.techspot.com/news/100099-amd-gpu-users-reportedly-cant-see-sun-any.html

might be worth it for the ship builder https://www.gamesradar.com/starfield-ship-master-builds-a-star-wars-imperial-destroyer-so-epic-that-it-lags-the-game-and-needs-a-21-page-how-to-guide/
 

QUICK BITS
 

PC. CONSOLE. IPHONE.

iPhone 15 Pro is the best mobile gaming platform in the world

https://www.engadget.com/assassins-creed-mirage-death-stranding-and-resident-evil-village-are-coming-to-iphone-15-pro-183325896.html?guccounter=1

Ray tracing @1:08:31

2024 brings The Division Resurgence @1:10:09

Resident Evil 4 Remake @1:11:03

Resident Evil Village

Assassin’s Creed Mirage  @1:12:11

https://insider-gaming.com/new-iphone-15-pro-can-play-console-versions-of-games/

 

EMBRACE CHANGE

Embracer Group wants to sell Gearbox

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/embracer-group-looks-to-sell-video-game-studio-gearbox-1.1969892

owns more studios than Sony, Microsoft combined

https://lmg.gg/dVutG

https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Embracer_Group_ESG_Fact_Sheet_Q1_FY2324.pdf

 

REFRIGERATE AFTER DOWNLOADING

Cyberpunk 2077 dev warns PC gamers to check their cooling before Phantom Liberty launch

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-players-warned-to-check-their-pc-cooling-systems-before-phantom-liberty-launch/1100-6517637/

linked hard dance classic Fire by Scooter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOV2KWDREB8

later clarified it won’t “melt your PCs”. Thanks https://twitter.com/FilipPierciski/status/1701608550693495158

 

KETTLE’S BEEN BOILING A LONG TIME

Steam turned 20 today

https://www.destructoid.com/steam-turns-20-today/

green https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-20th-anniversary/

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-turns-20-today-weve-had-to-try-a-lot-of-different-things-over-the-years

https://www.neowin.net/news/valve-celebrates-steam-turning-20-brings-back-the-green-and-offers-a-trip-down-memory-lane/

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam20

 

MAD GAMER CRED

Xbox Mastercard – A credit card FOR GAMERS

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/09/11/xbox-mastercard/

Sony introduced Playstation Visa in 2017

https://blog.playstation.com/2017/09/29/introducing-the-new-playstation-credit-card/

https://c.comenity.net/legaldocs/playstationvisa/legal-documents/schumerbox-cca

has better interest rates than Xbox Card

https://www.barclaycardus.com/applycontent/TnCs.jsp?tc45206

Personalize your card with your gamertag https://lmg.gg/xlaHT