Why is Unity the most popular engine?

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“We think that Unreal Engine’s market share is double the nearest competitor in revenues,” Sweeney said. “This is despite the fact that Unity has more users. This is by virtue of the fact that Unreal is focused on the high end. More games in the top 100 on Steam in revenue are Unreal, more than any other licensable engine competitor combined.”

Unreals Lineage II: Revolution on Mobile made $176M in the first month. People act as if Unreal is useless for mobile.

They do indeed compete in the same markets. Popularity does not necessarily equate to more revenue or profits.

Well, Unreal can’t compete with Unity on mobile, that’s a fact. Unity was born on mobile. I’m not saying Unreal is useless on mobile, neither is Unity on high-end.

Talking about revenue numbers? Well, Pokemon Go was made with Unity and did $1 billion in just over six months:

Report: Pokémon Go has now crossed $1 billion in revenue | TechCrunch

I think both engines are great in the hands of skilled developers.