Whitehurst and chief product and technology officer Marc Whitten discuss Unity's plans to rebuild trust with developers after the 2023 Runtime Fee fiasco.
Here's a hint, it's gone. You're not going to get that trust back for 10-20 years, if you ever get it back.
If they want to gain back support, they could open source the engine.
What do you expect them to say, "it's all fucked, let's shut up shop"? They've fired JR, undone most of his wild spending, gutted the company to desperately undo his mismanagement and make the company profitable. Saying "were trying to go back to how it was" seems like a non-insane risk-averse business way to try and keep the Unity users who haven't been able to jump ship already.
I'm honestly surprised Valve doesn't buy out the company.
Why would they?
Yeah, this would be a weird thing for valve to do for sure. I think they could afford it... But they already have Source 2.
Here's a hint, it's gone. You're not going to get that trust back for 10-20 years, if you ever get it back.
If they want to gain back support, they could open source the engine.
What do you expect them to say, "it's all fucked, let's shut up shop"? They've fired JR, undone most of his wild spending, gutted the company to desperately undo his mismanagement and make the company profitable. Saying "were trying to go back to how it was" seems like a non-insane risk-averse business way to try and keep the Unity users who haven't been able to jump ship already.
I'm honestly surprised Valve doesn't buy out the company.
Why would they?
Yeah, this would be a weird thing for valve to do for sure. I think they could afford it... But they already have Source 2.