<story><title>Unity, now valued at $6B, raising up to $525M</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/unity-now-valued-at-6b-raising-up-to-525m/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>appstorelottery</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been developing in Unity since V1.0. Back then you could ring David Helgason and complain about the water shader not working when you run it for 12 hours straight - and get it fixed.&lt;p&gt;It blows my mind how much they&amp;#x27;ve grown - but not just that - the tool itself is capable of AAA these days. The only real competition at that level is probably Unreal - and that&amp;#x27;s so very different to get into if you&amp;#x27;re an old-school unity developer. When you compare the Asset store (where you can practically buy any solution to your common problem) and compare it with Unreal&amp;#x27;s store - it doesn&amp;#x27;t really compete.&lt;p&gt;These two points make me think Unity has such a moat built around developers mindspaces that it&amp;#x27;s probably super-hard to dethrone at this point.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m interested if anyone else has an alternative point of view on unities sustainable competitive advantage.</text></comment>
<story><title>Unity, now valued at $6B, raising up to $525M</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/unity-now-valued-at-6b-raising-up-to-525m/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>trykondev</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been using Unity for more than half a decade at this point. Some of their choices along the way have been really frustrating to deal with, but on the whole, they&amp;#x27;ve empowered me and plenty of colleagues to create things we might not have been able to otherwise. (Or at least, certainly not as easily).&lt;p&gt;I know it&amp;#x27;s popular to hate on Unity for some of the bad games produced using the engine, but I don&amp;#x27;t really think that&amp;#x27;s fair -- to me, that&amp;#x27;s a failure of the storefronts that host subpar games. Creating a tool that makes it easier for people to make games is awesome.&lt;p&gt;Unity has given me a lot, and I root for the company&amp;#x27;s success.</text></comment>