Unity is coming out with a new pricing model for 2024, where game developers will have to fork over money every time someone installs their game. this includes redownloads of already bought games, and downloads of games from places like game pass. it also applies to game demos and free games. it even applies if someone transfers a game from one device to another.
the policy applies if your company makes over $200,000 in yearly revenue and the game has been downloaded over a certain number of times in its entire lifetime.
there are rumors that gambling games and gotcha games are exempt.
https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates
Someone posted on half-KiA that CEO stock sales are apparently pre-planned or something? Gotta go back, but it could be, it could not be.
I guess, if he bought shorts or was committing intentional sabotage against the company? The thing is that traditional “I’m going to sell off my shares before we tank” insider trading happens because the insider knows that the company is committed to an error—the sales data looks bad a week into the new product launch, or a major deal fell through—the point is that the issue already exists, and once people know about it, the shares will drop.
In this case, though, one wouldn’t expect Unity to be committed. I’d think that if the CEO had known it was a bad idea, he could have stopped that decision even 30 minutes before the press release. If this is insider trading that occurred over the last 9 months, it would require him to, however many months ago, have heard this terrible idea, realized it was a terrible idea, and then just… let it happen for no reason.
If someone finds a bunch of shell buyers with a big short position about to come due in Unity, yeah, I guess that could be the CEO. Otherwise, I think it’s just retardation that he got lucky enough to not be hurt by.