unity personal --> unity pro?

[viher]

Hi
I have a question
So if I start making a game (game A) whit unity personal and another game of my gets 100.000$ a year (game B) … I need to start useing unity pro… But can I than finish game A (which I started whit unity personal) whit unity pro?

Nothing of that is real but I’m asking if something like that would happen…
Better to check before I start
It’s better to be safe than sorry

[the_motionblur]

Of course. Now even more than ever. The difference between Pro and Personal is “merely” in extra services and the restriction of 100.000$ per year. The amount of money you or your company makes - no matter the project - is important. So even if you don’t make games at all - if you make over 100.000$/year and want to release anything with Unity you need to buy a license for everyone in your team working with Unity and every plattform.

Though I imagine that this is a rather minor problem with an income above 100.000$.

(disclaimer) a forum post like this one will never be binding legal advice.

[blizzy]

@the_motionblur

The amount of money you or your company makes - no matter the project - is important. So even if you don’t make games at all - if you make over 100.000$/year and want to release anything with Unity you need to buy a license for everyone in your team working with Unity and every plattform.

Are you sure about that? From Unity’s EULA:

Unity Personal (including the iOS and Android platform deployment options) may not be used by:

3. an individual (not acting on behalf of a Legal Entity) or a Sole Proprietor that has reached annual gross revenues in excess of US$100,000 from its use of the Software during the most recently completed fiscal year, which does not include any income earned by that individual which is unrelated to its use of the Software.

[the_motionblur]

@blizzy

Are you sure about that?

Do I have a disclaimer in post?

[superpig]

Yes, it’s totally fine to move up from using Personal to using Professional - that’s what we want to happen when your game becomes a smash hit

[Kiwasi]

That stuff about day jobs not counting is new in 5.0. It was always this weird grey area previously.

Glad to see it cleared up.