Free Upgrades on Purchase of Pro Unity?

I was wondering - If we buy the professional version of the engine, will we get unlimited access to updates of the engine? or will there be an upgrade fee? Thank you for your replies!

From what I understand, upgrading between big updates (ie, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) is free for indie as well as pro. Updating to a big number update will probably cost a bit (although if you buy Unity 1.6.2 now you will get a free upgrade to 2.0).

So far all the 1.x updates have been free, yes (that’s about 2 years’ worth). I would guess all the 2.x updates will be the same for 2.0 owners, but I don’t think that’s set in stone. Normally the “big” version updates are not free, although upgrade pricing hasn’t been announced yet. And as Moldorma said, if you’re buying 1.6 right now, you don’t have to worry about that anyway. I don’t believe there are different policies regarding Pro vs. Indie as far as updates go.

–Eric

Folks above have it right. In general dot-release updates will be free but major version updates (1.x to 2.x for example) will not. That having been said the upgrade cost will of course be less than a new, full-price, purchase.

FYI: If you purchase Unity 1.6.2 right now then you’ll get a free upgrade to 2.0 (in fact, anyone who purchased Unity since May 18th will get the same)! We’re doing that so folks can buy now and get started with Unity without having to wait for the 2.0 release.