{"id":1190588,"date":"2023-10-10T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190588"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:33:05","slug":"game-devs-express-joy-over-long-overdue-retirement-of-unity-ceo-riccitiello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190588","title":{"rendered":"Game devs express joy over \u201clong overdue\u201d retirement of Unity CEO Riccitiello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Unity developers won’t have John Riccitiello to kick around anymore. (credit: Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Following weeks of controversy<\/a>, partial walkbacks<\/a>, and apologies<\/a> surrounding a new fee-based business structure for the Unity engine, game developers and financial markets have responded overwhelmingly positively to the recent news of Unity CEO John Riccitiello’s sudden retirement<\/a>. But that departure may not be enough to restore trust for many developers who have already moved on to other engines.<\/p>\n

“Long, long overdue,” Gloomwood<\/em> developer Dillon Rogers wrote<\/a>, summing up joyful reactions to Riccitiello’s departure from across the game development community.<\/p>\n

Necrosoft Games’ Brandon Sheffield (Demonschool<\/em>), who was one of the most outspoken critics<\/a> of Unity’s initial install-fee plans, wrote on social media<\/a> that he “truly did not think [Riccitiello’s departure] would happen.” The CEO’s apparent ouster “is the main thing Unity needed to do to start rebuilding trust, so… it’s a start,” Sheffield continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – Game devs express joy over \u201clong overdue\u201d retirement of Unity CEO Riccitiello<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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