Unity has reportedly introduced a new fee that it's asking some of its Enterprise customers to pay, and the "minimum commitment" for which the engine is apparently asking is not small.
According to Mobilegamer.biz, emails have been sent out by Unity this week targeting "bigger Unity customers" and detailing a new fee that begins at $250,000 and rises to $2 million for the largest proponents.
The fee, apparently referred to as a "minimum commitment program" by Unity, supposedly "requires that [developers] pay Unity a specified minimum commitment amount at the commencement of each Subscription Year", with the fee based on gross revenue earned by the developer in question.
According to Mobilegamer.biz's sources, developers with revenue between $25 million and $50 million will need to pay $250,000 to Unity, with the amount rising in direct proportion to revenue. Those who have made over $250 million will need to pay $2 million of that to Unity.
The engine says that the fees will go towards "your purchase of Unity subscription license and support products", and Mobilegamer.biz's sources claim that developers are threatened with termination if they fail to pay the new fee.
It probably goes without saying that Unity can ill afford...
