teak421
August 17, 2017, 2:26am
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What is the point of bumping minor versions of the engines constantly if you can’t even stay on top of your content matching it?
New Stuff: I am waiting for several items that are in review that have been on unity for a long freakin’ time already! And now some are available outside the marketplace… I’d rather buy in marketplace but kinda sick of the delays so odds are by the time it’s on marketplace I’ll have already bought it somewhere else on a sale (New Synty store, i’m looking at you!)
Updated Stuff: Yay 4.17! that’ll be fun… later… Still waiting for engine plugin that’s been submitted for awhile now. Feels like I just barely got settled in 4.16!
Maybe Epic should take a different tack?
Maybe your requirements are too high or too silly? You could most likely lower the bar safely… Instead of checking for crossed wires or what i’m sure are a bevy of other dumb things, automate blueprint screenshots that are illegible but show the structure and let buyers do their own deciding if it’s a hot mess. Maybe the blueprint WITH a crossed wire was easier to read than 100% uncrossed? I know my BP’s have a few because it’s actually cleaner.
Allow purchase/update of unreviewed items but have a warning. Especially for updated items, just allow me to get my updated stuff! Possibly for New stuff even, allow devs submitting to decide if they want to wait to allow purchase until review complete or allow purchase during review with the caveat that Epic holds any purchase funds until it clears and if the item fails to make it into the marketplace buyers get credited their $ back.
It’s obvious their current path isn’t working. I wonder how many people stay or move to unity because of their marketplace being better. Face it, unity marketplace is superior and many content providers are moving towards dual releases which really highlights Epics ball dropping. [good example is Android/IOS/Windows Phone - android/ios fanbois can’t comprehend it, but nearly everyone I know who tried WP thought it was amazing and superior to android/ios. I used all 3 and WP was easily my favorite except the apps situation. I still miss WP (I don’t use because no new phones) and curse android near daily because it blows in comparison. Long story short: You can have the best engine, but if your content store sucks you might eventually lose the battle. Unity is already here to stay and started as the underdog. I remember when UE was the underdog - where is id now? Is that what we’ll be saying few years from now? Where is UE now?
While their MP certainly can use improvement, look at the Steam top 10… Compare the number of UE4 to Unity games… There is a reason for that…because its a better more complete engine.
teak