Megascans that thousands of people and studios have access to are now restricted… for no clear reason? This is RIDICULOUS! As a business looking to set up a studio around unreal engine, this is a huge turn off from your engine. Not only do we need to front thousands of dollars to buy assets that other studios already have for free because they were “here first,” but all starting studios also have the added pressure of adapting to ever developing AI technology (I.e we have more important things to spend thousands of dollars on than assets that were and should remain free).
Not impressed at all, this does not simply affect indie game devs but entire studios looking to build their business around your engine. It seems Epic Games means to maintain its position on this matter, so we will do everything in our power to steer new studios and devs away from this engine. There is no reason to capitalize on a free market, unless you’re that desperate for money maybe…