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Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They treated a game engine company like a Silicon Valley startup. It's a limited customer base. It was never going to scale. Dummies.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

No way, bro, we just gotta get each user to pay, bro. Have them pay a monthly fee to us to play games, bro. It’ll totally scale, bro.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Crazy idea. Come up with a new products in your portfolio instead of milking 1 dry.