is it time to Leave Unity3D ?

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Hi

I’am Learning unity3d to make iPhone Ipad games

But there is One thing that will let me leave unity3d to UDK

that’s Because of unity3d IOS Licensing its very expensive?

my Friend advise me to go with UDK because i can make free iPhone Ipad games,
Is this True?

Thanks

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Honestly, it’s up to how much you want to spend and how much knowledge you have of UDK or Unity 3D. You see, Unity offers a great scripting environment in my opinion. It gives you a choice of coding in Javascript, C#, or Boo. While UDK gives you one option, and your required to compile your scripts very often. It’s just a much easier experience to go with Unity. If this is your first go at game development I really would recommend Unity. Hope this answers your question. Let me know if you have anymore questions about Unity.

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Either way you will be paying a yearly fee to Apple.

Yes UDK iOS license is cheaper than Unity, but UDK is royalty based.

So because of Apple, you can not make free iPhone or iPad games.

In the long run, if you have a successful title… Unity will actually be cheaper because all of their fees are one-time and no-royalty. (i would suggest sticking with Unity, unless you don’t mind giving Epic 25% of your revenue)