Please note I hate that you can’t buy a version outright - I don’t want to rent software, certainly not renting various programs from greedy companies who want to tie in customers to subscription services.
So far we’d have to rent Photoshop, Maya, and now Unity… rent, rent, rent… add on life’s usual payments, it’s all disappointing.
Please go back to selling software, not the rent to use format, it appears greedy - eventually someone will come along and sell a program in competition.
You can pay 2 years upfront and own the version you have in the moment 2 years have gone. Nearly the same thing and cost as the old perpetual system was at least if you kept updating.
I think most companies are moving to subscriptions because it allows faster development, reduces piracy, etc.
edit: you forgot the “I don’t care” option from the poll
Unity Indie = Free (full featured)
Paint.Net = Free (Really decent photo app)
Blender = Free (Best free 3d modeling app).
So quit having excuses.
Open your eyes. Their are competing engines that don’t use the subscription model.
I personally don’t mind the new model. But if you don’t like it, vote with your wallet and change engine.
I personally don’t have a problem with subbing either. It’s certainly easier to pay a small chunk of change every month than paying one major chunk of change, and at least if you don’t like it, you can cancel the sub.
Yeah, but then you aren’t stuck with the version you “bought” meaning no upgrades? I don’t mean upgrade from 5 to 6. That I never expected, but I thought that upgrades from 5.5 to 5.6 (for instance) aren’t included when you do that. (Yes, I know it’s not ver 5.5 yet.)
Which was exactly the problem. In order to get money, Unity was incenivised to do major releases. That were features held back or released early, just to make a major release.
This way Unity is rewarded for having the best engine. Not for having the best releases.
I like to know where I am, I can save and buy a software product, but having 50 rental agreements each month for everything is too much. What next, rent cars so we’re forced to have a new car every 2 years? …rent our house, etc. etc.
And as far as best engine - with a subscription you could argue they have no motivation for even releases now as everyone is paying per month anyway, with no effort needed on a major new product every say 2 years inorder to sell something of value.
Yes, they however said you will get some or all of the patch releases for free but that’s it.
So how did you manage before the change? you had to pay upfront and you still can. You can always go with the free version if money is the problem.
I own the perpetual version, as far as I see you don’t have the option (going forward) to purchase upfront, and own indefinitely what you’ve ‘bought’.
Most people do ‘rent’ cars if the want a new one. Very few people buy new vehicles with cash. Houses are the same. You either rent a house, or take out a mortgage with a bank, where you sign up for regular payments for a long time.
Honestly I don’t see what the fuss is. You can save up and pay for a two year subscription in advance. This puts you in exactly the same situation as the old perpetual lisence.
We can agree to differ, I don’t want to rent. It’s ok to have the option though, and I was happy with that, while choosing to buy - if it’s the same cost as you suggest, they can go back to that option.
I’m stating my opinion here as a user, I don’t want to look and see multiple software rentals on my finances, it’s not a good direction for the industry.
Costs went up for everybody except mobile devs.
Let’s hope they keep the option. I stand by my opinion as to the industry direction to rent only software, unless we all want a 500 credit score.
Oh. Last I heard they weren’t going to include patches. Or I could just be remembering wrong.
You know, you almost never own software. Even if you pay once (and not pay via subscription), you only only receive a right to use it, not the software itself.
Thanks, my point is multiple renting agreements isn’t good, it’ll wreck credit, and if you stop paying it means you don’t own anything, even a license to continue to use.
If Unity continue to offer a pay to buy software (albeit through 24 month lease), I’d be okay with that, but I wonder if that’ll be time limited until we’re all renters.
If you have no self-control when it comes to making agreements then your only option is to choose another engine or pay the entire subscription in advance. People who cannot control their own spending are simply not Unity’s problem.