For what it’s worth I deleted the last thread for 2 reasons:
- my concern was addressed
- it became a soapbox for people to complain about issues that had nothing to do with the original thread.
If you were subscribed to the original thread then you would have received my closing comment. At the risk of adding fuel to this thread and pulling it off topic I’ll post it again but only because I think it will answer some of your concerns. My concern was that I liked the simplicity of whole numbers and I thought the new pricing model was a step in the wrong direction. I changed my mind when it was pointed out that it isn’t just dollars. $10 is about 8.9 euros so you’re never going to get whole numbers and trying to fight for it in USD is a little selfish.
In response to the concerns about the Marketplace keep in mind it’s very new and the addition of the webbrower MarketPlace goes a long way with ratings and POC’s. I’ve spent about $200 on Market place content and with one exception I think the pricing is very fair. I returned an item to the Market place because the description said it had 3 Lod but it only had 2. I received an email from the seller 2 hours later apologizing for the mix up and explaining why Epic decided to remove the 3rd LOD(mipmaps). A couple hours later I received an email from Epic confirming the refund. To me, that is incredibly fast customer service. I realize that might not be the case for everyone but in all my dealings with Epic I’ve never felt like they didn’t care or that I wasn’t a big enough dev team to matter.
I’ve only been here a year but I’ve also never seen Epic shy away or ignore an issue from the community. The foliage overhaul in 4.7 is a testament to that. If you have an issue or a concern I strongly recommend you take it up with Epic the right way. Make a thread about that specific issue and be patient. I know I sound like the biggest Epic yuppy but I feel like i should share my experience with UE4 and Epic for no other reason than to address some of your concerns with real world experiences. The $9.99 market structure is pretty standard and I think Epic more than makes up for it $5 million in grants to indie devs. As a hopeful game developer that is a very inspiring commitment to the community. Please don’t take this as an attack I just wanted to share my personal experience on the matter.