Unity 5 Launch

News & General Discussion
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As you know, today marks the global launch of Unity 5. I just posted on the launch of Unity 5, which you can find here Real-time tools for 3D, AR, and VR development | Products. I won’t try to rehash my blog post in this forum. But, I do want to help start the conversation with a few comments.

First – know that everyone at Unity is incredibly proud of Unity 5. A massive amount of work went into this release. We think it is the biggest upgrade in Unity’s history. We could not be prouder.

Second – our business model… I wrote about this in the blog, and will risk repeating myself here. Our business model reflects who we really are. Clear, simple, believers in value, in solving hard problems, and in democratization. I was in dozens of conversations with Unity’s exec team, and with engineers and business folks across Unity these past few months. We discussed the business model, and in particular, Personal Edition, many, many times. I am not sure you will believe me, but no one, not one time, seriously asked about whether Unity would be more profitable if we charged for Unity Personal Edition or theorized about making it a lesser product to push our developers into a paid upgrade to Pro. Not once. Really

What we talked about over and over again was Unity 5.0. What we wanted it to do. What we wanted it to be. How to make it better. What services we could build to make it more useful, or easier for developers. How we could help developers with the “second mountain” of monetization. I’ve been working in a business role for over thirty years, and I have never, ever worked in a company so clear about what is important, and what is not. To say I am proud of Unity and everyone at Unity is an understatement.

So, today is the day. Launch day. Download Unity 5, play with it, experiment with it, and create something beautiful and lasting.

I hope you are as excited about it as we are at Unity.

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First of all congrats. Looks amazing.

Awesome news with the personal edition but what is this about $20/month for asset store level 11? Is this just to access a more advanced version of the asset store or the entire thing?

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i saw the press release of unity 5 and there is no sign for support of PSM ! any idea guys if these true or not i hope somebody clarify this …and if it still support it can i still release my game with the free version because the new release doesn t allow to release any game on any platform without paying 1500 dollars ?

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Great news
Congratulations!

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So… since Unity completely changed what Pro is, if you bought a pre-order can you get a refund? I feel swindled here.

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Looks like very good news for indies/hobbyists!

Still unsure what it means for mobile developers, though - what exactly will ‘All platforms (limitations apply)’ mean?

Do the iOS Pro and Android Pro add-ons still exist? (do mobile devs still pay triple for fully-functional Pro?)

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This is one HELL of a birthday present… and thankfully I already have Unity 5 Pro, and I am even more proud to be a unity user :slight_smile:

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As a Publisher I’m also interested in this :slight_smile: and how will you pay for it.

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First of all, offcorse I have (as free user :wink: ) the same question as blackbird, also is Unity now ready to intergrate into my project. (So if I understand this correctly this is not the beta anymore?)

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It seems you can still release a game royalty free and not buy pro till you make over $100000 a year.

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I like the new pricing scheme. +1

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I’m looking for the full installer downloads, not just the boot-strap downloader. Looks like it should be here under “Additional Downloads”: Start Your Creative Projects and Download the Unity Hub | Unity but the links don’t seem to do anything.

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Level 11 is a new loyalty services on the asset store where you can get exclusive assets for free and discounted prices. This is completely free for Pro users and since we’d like personal users to have access to you, you can subscribe for $19/month. The value of Assets on offer are more than the subscription price every month, we’ve got some awesome offers at the moment https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/level11 (site is currently down due to the sheer amount of traffic though)

Check out the new services and features that are included with your Pro license at no extra cost. If you have any questions, we’ve got them covered in the FAQ

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Sorry everyone, our download page and Asset Store are slightly dodgy at the moment, traffic is hardcore right now.

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Can not even use Unity 4 because of license issues popping up and nothing loading.

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Thanks!

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Havng a hard time trying to download the official release… but I’ll wait…

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Will wait till the 5 rush is done to do my download.

So personal devs and users of the normal asset store will not be affected?

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Except I bought U5 for pro features not other for the skin or cloud build which I don’t care clearly. So the new buisness model is very cool but I spent 1500 ( which is a very very huge sum) so we this annunce I am happy and disappointed … especially since I already had the problem with mobile licenses

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Well maybe its better to get a refund and just pay the 75 a month for the pro