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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Given that Unity and Unreal have the same owners, their asset stores have been consolidated, and Unity discontinued its HDRP branch/render pipeline...

Yeah, Unity is now Unreal Engine, Little Bro Edition.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That does not appear to be correct. Unity is owned by Unity Technologies (CEO Matthew Bromberg), whereas Unreal is owned by Epic Games (CEO Tim Sweeny).

Care to clarify what you mean?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

FAB is the merger of the Unreal Asset Store, Quixel, and Sketchfab, which increasingly has more and more Unity assets on it.

Unity is no longer doing HDRP.

Unity is also generally financially floundering.

Tencent owns 40% of Unreal.

Tencent bails out financially floundering gaming companies by purchasing significant controlling stakes in those companies.

... conclusion:

Tencent owns a large share of Unity, we just don't know about it officially/publically yet.


Large known investors in Unity include:

Vanguard

BlackRock

Sequoia Capital

Silver Lake Technology Management

Wellington Capital Management

... all of these either literally are Private Credit/Equity firms, or they have significant exposure to Private Credit/Equity firms.

At the moment, and over the last 6 months roughly... Private Credit/Equity firms are basically all undergoing the Private Credit/Equity equivalent of a bank run.

They need cash NOW, so they sell to Tencent, Tencent establishes said controlling or at least substantial position, starts giving orders to Unity.

Thus, Tencent owns substantial parts of both Unreal and Unity.

.... but thats just a GAME theory!!!

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Given that Unity and Unreal have the same owners,

lolol wtf are you talking about?

how did I miss this, please, explain.