When is the feature split between Pro/Free being announced?
I’ve already upgraded my Unity Pro licence on the desktop, but I’m hesitant to renew my iOS Pro licence until I see what I’m getting for my money - I may just use Free this time around as my current project is not for mobile. However, the preorder discount expires on Nov 13 (this Thursday).
From memory, the feature split for Unity 4 Pro was announced before the preorder discount expired.
Yeah I am waiting for this too and it expires next week…
2 days until preorder discount expires, still awaiting word on U5 pro/free feature split.
I agree, your ask is totally sense, if somebody pay thousands of dollars for a game engine is necesary know the differences of the free and pay versions, sadly we can only speculate about that, in my opinion Unity 5 will be have the same differences that version 4 and refer to new features, webGL publishing (free and pro), PBS (free and pro), new audio system (free and pro), 64 bit editor (free and pro), memory profiling (only pro), dynamic GI lighting (only pro), good luck.
If you’ve already spent the money, why would you be concerned about the feature split?
he wants to know if it’s worth updating his iOS license too.
I see no reason to assume that PBS will be different on free vs pro - it’s just a shader… in fact, it’s called the “Standard” shader for a reason.
In my case I have Unity 4 pro and iOS pro, but I am not convinced I need Unity 5 pro based on what I use the product for. To take advantage of the discount you need to order Unity 5 within the next two days or pay a higher price. It would be nice to know what features I would be getting or missing out on before I drop 600-1200 bucks for the upgrade. I definitely will not do it before I see the list and if that’s the way it goes down this is probably the last straw for me.
This is indeed a strange move by UT. The deadline for the preorder discount suggests U5 is almost production-ready. However if this was the case the feature split certainly would have to be known for weeks now.
I guess U5 is just not ready for shipping yet and the discount period will be prolonged.
But in any case a comment by UT is obligatory now if the don’t want to upset their customers again due to bad communication.
@UT, please don’t make this mistake again!
Unity 4.6 is fairly minor yet they went up to at least 20 beta releases. Unity 5 is major and has only had 12 so far.
Unity 4.6 has one of the most requested features in the past few years. It’s hardly minor 
Does Unity 5 have a whole website dedicated to telling us when it finally comes out?
It is minor though compared to the much larger collection of changes coming with 5.0. I expect at least another month of beta releases for 5.0. If not longer due to the holidays.
The email they have sent multiple times now warning that time is running out certainly seems to indicate that as well with strong wording like:
I don’t know why this company likes to make it so hard to feel good about giving them money. This isn’t a whine about the price, just basic common sense that customers want to see the official feature list before paying.
Well I guess that’s that. Back to working with SDL2 now for my 2D stuff…if only they had fun forums.
Try their IRC 
Yesterday’s blog was about improving documentation via feedback buttons. I think it should extend to everywhere on this site.
Wow, they seriously never posted anything to tell people what they’d be buying? Seems unity indeed doesn’t want our money…
Here is what you are buying:
http://unity3d.com/5
What people are asking is what they’re NOT buying when not getting Pro, though 
A subset of the things on that page.
The sale is an upgrade sale correct? Targeted at those who have pro (4) already? Presumably if you already are working in/purchased pro, it is unlikely you are going to downgrade. Even in that very rare case, what company would promote a sale and at the same time promote an alternative that would might turn a paying customer into a free one?
Also, it is a pretty safe bet that the split will be pretty much the same (in grand context). The only thing that would incentivize people that were actually on the fence over the feature split would be to remove even more features from free. If they went the other way, it would have the opposite effect. Either way, it is pretty understandable why they haven’t announced details yet.