{"id":253334,"date":"2023-10-09T06:01:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=309360"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:01:27","slug":"epic-games-increases-the-price-of-unreal-engine-but-not-for-game-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/epic-games-increases-the-price-of-unreal-engine-but-not-for-game-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games increases the price of Unreal Engine, but not for game developers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In recent days, Epic Games has been in the news due to a highly publicized wave of layoffs in which the company let go of up to 16% of its employees<\/strong>, significantly affecting the studio responsible for Fall Guys, Mediatonic<\/strong>. Now, just recently, the company has confirmed that it will increase the price for using Unreal Engine<\/strong>, although this change appears to have no effect on game development studios<\/strong> using this engine.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Epic Games’ CEO, Tim Sweeney, himself made the announcement during a presentation at Unreal Fest 2023<\/strong> (via Game From Scratch<\/a>). With this announcement, the executive confirmed that developers from the film, television, automotive, and other industries<\/strong> not related to game development will have to start paying a per-seat license fee<\/strong>, similar to what a user pays for using software like Photoshop, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price for using Unreal Engine is increasing, but not for video game developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While this seems to be a quite substantial change in the company’s policy, it’s worth noting that video game developers will not be affected by this increase<\/strong> in the price<\/strong> of the graphic engine by the creators of Fortnite. The company will continue to collect royalties when titles generate more than 1 million dollars in revenue<\/strong>. Additionally, Sweeney also wanted to make it clear that educators and students will still be able to use the engine at no cost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, there are also certain exceptions for a certain part of the film industry, as independent filmmakers will have to surpass a minimum threshold of revenue to have to pay for the use of Unreal Engine<\/strong>. That threshold will also apply to other commercial productions that earn less than certain amounts<\/strong>. The details of this threshold have not been disclosed yet, so we’ll have to stay tuned to learn more about this.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This announcement comes days after all the turmoil surrounding the new pricing model introduced by Unity<\/strong>, although it did not succeed as developers protested vehemently against the decision. Now, Unity has opted for more conciliatory measures<\/strong>. In this context, Epic Games’ move doesn’t seem to be a drastic change, but it’s true that the Fortnite creators had already reached this point while being in the spotlight for their aforementioned wave of layoffs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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