Originally planned to be free-to-play, the upcoming co-op house-builder and designer sim Hometopia will now cost $19.99 during the Early Access period beginning Sept 27th.
In apology, a 15% launch discount was announced alongside the above.
Originally planned to be free-to-play, the upcoming co-op house-builder and designer sim Hometopia will now cost $19.99 during the Early Access period beginning Sept 27th.
In apology, a 15% launch discount was announced alongside the above.
If they’d cut MTX, it would be a welcome change.
That said, Unity’s new model encourages MTX in some ways, as new buys incur new Runtime costs, while MTX purchases from existing customers don’t. If anything, this encourages a model where there needs to be an upfront cost to cover the Unity tax, and further in-game purchases to make actual money.
I agree, Unity’s aggressive monetisation encourages devs/publishers to do the same. Tbf, the guy behind it all has been quoted saying that anyone who doesn’t aggressively monetise their game is an idiot…