Why is Unity the most popular engine?

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And UE doesn’t try to be jack of all trades? Last I checked it even goes leaps and beyond into car showcases, architecture, heck even Star Wars (anything but games).
Guys you need to learn to drop this nonsense of my game engine is better than yours. Unity being just for Mobile is simply laughable. While the only thing UE has going for it is graphical prowess, but that means jack sh*t for in the hands of a good artist both engines will shine. In fact I have seen far more impressive games made visually and otherwise in Unity than in UE4.

Last but not least the latest updates in Unity are very welcoming, their sequencer for instance is already a strong competitor and in some instances much better than UE.

But above all, It annoys me that some UE users can be such pompous pr*cks while they themselves have nothing to show most of the time, and Epic almost always sounds like it is the king of the hill in all their shows on mass stages. Don’t get the same relative vibe from unity guys in comparison.

False. Being utilized in automotive, architecture, and movies is simply a byproduct of their investment into workflow, robust base engine toolsets, graphical fidelity, and likely marketing. Epic has invested in key areas related to game development, and as a result their product can also be utilized for other purposes. Archviz and Automotive design are afterall, just “games”. The fact is, if Unity was at the same level as Unreal in areas of importance, they would be competing in the same market spaces, and they absolutely are not. Name one single AAA titled produced on Unity. I will wait. Escape from Tarkov is probably the most beautiful Unity game, and it looks horribly dated versus what could have been done in Unreal. Beautifully decorated game though I will admit.

Secondly, it is important to understand that investments are relative. Epic is a larger company and as such has more resources to throw around in terms of man hours and capital.

Unity is a skeleton of an engine and no top tier professional company wants to be reliant on an excess of 3rd party bolt-ons and why invest thousands of man hours on core **** that can be had stock with Unreal. Do I even need to mention Source access?

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Why do these threads always devolve to name-calling.

My opinion on this subject is the same as it’s always been - pick a bloody toolset you like and stick with it. Too many people spend their time jumping between engines and not actually getting on with the task at hand and making anything. Each engine has pros and cons, and it’s up to you to choose which one works best for you. I chose Unreal 9+ years ago, and that’s why I’m able to make games completely on my own today and have a tonne of tech I’ve developed to make it easier for me to do that. If I dropped into Unity tomorrow, I’d be stepping back in time 9+ years and starting all over again with nothing. It is a pointless and wasteful decision to chop and change between engines all the time. Your time is the most valuable commodity you have for game development, so don’t waste it.

If you really believe that the only strong point Unreal has over Unity is it’s graphical prowess, then clearly it’s the wrong engine of choice for you. That’s great, it’s fine in fact - now go and make something with it.

To the OP - In my opinion, Unity is more popular with the indie community because it’s been around for a lot longer, and therefore has a huge community and plenty of documentation and help. It also has an asset store flooded with content that can help you piece together a game in quick time. Unreal is likely more popular for Console, AAA and big-time multiplayer games (less so now that companies are choosing to develop their own in-house engines) because that’s its heritage. Unreal 4 is less than four years old as far as the general are concerned.

What this guy says is very true. While I greatly prefer Unreal, if you have spent 9+ years developing tools and systems within Unity, it is likely a step back in workflow at this point. This is the situation for a lot of smaller companies as well. They have built up tools and workflows for Unity and do not want to introduce the change that would be involved in moving engines. However, you also need to ask yourself what is so important that you have developed in those 9 years. If you spent 9+ years building tools and editor extensions that are entirely unnecessary in Unreal (they already exist) then the only thing you would lose out on is the time it takes to learn the new Toolsets in Unreal. Ignore the whole “9 year” thing and be honest about this. It FEELS bad to “throw away” 9 years, but just because it feels bad doesn’t it’s a bad decision. You’re also not throwing 9 years away considering all of the functional experience and knowledge you have obtained over that time that will carry over.