Both. Definitely both.
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AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 8 months agoEpic donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Godot when Unity was being dumb this summer, so either they think an open-source project is on the brink of making their competitor unprofitable and collapse, and think enough of the studios jumping ship will come to Unreal to cover that sum, or they’re concerned that someone will start enforcing antitrust laws and want something to point at to say they’re not a monopoly.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think they saw it as an opportunity to wash their image. “Look, we’re the good guys” kind of thing.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Both and also Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Epic is just a troll company. They donated to Godot when it served as a jab in the side of their competition (unity). Their entire business model is to inflict Stockholm Syndrome on their users via free games.
Amir@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Their entire business model is Fortnite