Hello everyone,
I have a growing concern about Marketplace content that requires code/blueprint update with each new version of UE. I purchased quite a lot of content via Market place, Gumroad and Sellfy. 70% of the content I used to learn more about UE. The rest I am using in my projects and what I have noticed that porting the project to new version of UE became a tedious task due to a lot of BP/CODE Marketplace creators not updating their projects to the latest version. Some have “literally abandoned/neglected” their projects. That bothers me a lot since some Marketplace content is quite extensive and expensive, so fixing a ton of code makes me wonder why did I even purchased the solution. My sole purpose for purchasing content is to save time. We are a two man team coder/developer/level designer and 3D content designer. is my complaint.
Now I have a proposal on how to solve problem. I work in industrial software development for many years and every 3rd party library/solution I purchase has an option for annual subscription. gives a 3rd party a to make money for updating the project, adding new features, etc. is a pure WIN for both sides, since I would gladly invest in some great ideas. I suggest that to Marketplace developers that have to update their projects constantly. I completely understand if developer spends months realizing an idea and then s/he sells only a few copies which “probably” does not justifies new development or maintenance. But if s/he gets some reimbursement from annual subscription I am hoping that would stimulate a person to update the project. At least that is what I am used from other fields of software development.
Kind regards