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Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

Given that Unity and Unreal have the same owners, their asset stores have been consolidated, and Unity discontinued its HDRP branch/render pipeline...

Yeah, Unity is now Unreal Engine, Little Bro Edition.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That does not appear to be correct. Unity is owned by Unity Technologies (CEO Matthew Bromberg), whereas Unreal is owned by Epic Games (CEO Tim Sweeny).

    Care to clarify what you mean?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    FAB is the merger of the Unreal Asset Store, Quixel, and Sketchfab, which increasingly has more and more Unity assets on it.

    Unity is no longer doing HDRP.

    Unity is also generally financially floundering.

    Tencent owns 40% of Unreal.

    Tencent bails out financially floundering gaming companies by purchasing significant controlling stakes in those companies.

    ... conclusion:

    Tencent owns a large share of Unity, we just don't know about it officially/publically yet.

    Large known investors in Unity include:

    Vanguard

    BlackRock

    Sequoia Capital

    Silver Lake Technology Management

    Wellington Capital Management

    ... all of these either literally are Private Credit/Equity firms, or they have significant exposure to Private Credit/Equity firms.

    At the moment, and over the last 6 months roughly... Private Credit/Equity firms are basically all undergoing the Private Credit/Equity equivalent of a bank run.

    They need cash NOW, so they sell to Tencent, Tencent establishes said controlling or at least substantial position, starts giving orders to Unity.

    Thus, Tencent owns substantial parts of both Unreal and Unity.

    .... but thats just a GAME theory!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    rofls

    I mean it's funny, but in no way reality.

    tencent wants to make money no matter who wins.

    tencent wants engines to run AAA games and mobile games. so that investment makes sense. but they don't own either.

    also, unity selling out to tencent would make some sense, and unity's board of directors won't all that to happen (see unity's past perf).

    so no, you're just making shit up. it's funny but not real.

    FAB is the merger of the Unreal Asset Store, Quixel, and Sketchfab, which increasingly has more and more Unity assets on it.

    no it doesn't. show me one 'unity' asset on the fab store.

    there are artists and devs who provide stuff to BOTH storefronts, but that doesn't mean Unity is putting Unity assets on FAB.

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