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The Unity Games That Could be Impacted Most by Controversial Fees, From Silksong to Cult of the Lamb - IGN (www.ign.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, the fee applies to eligible games currently in market that continue to distribute the runtime. We look at a game's lifetime installs to determine eligibility for the runtime fee. Then we bill the runtime fee based on all new installs that occur after January 1, 2024.

I read that as it’s billing moving forward but they’ve been very opaque thus far so I’m willing to entertain there’s a contradiction elsewhere lol

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 3 points 1 year ago

As I understand it, they’re billing moving forward but counting past installs for the purpose of figuring out if you have to pay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

yeah i deleted my post because they keep changing their minds.
its retroactive (for now) in the sense that they started counting from before, just only billing for new ones.