IT IS.
And as some one mentioned elsewhere, I’ll just copy/paste it over:
Important things to note about the Unity engine fiasco:
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The CEO of Unity was the CEO of EA from 2007 to 2013, until he was forced to resign due to poor company performance.
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The CEO has been steadily selling off his stocks over the last year. He dumped 2000 shares just last week.
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In the last year, there have been 49 instances of insiders in the company selling their shares, and 0 instances of insiders buying. This indicates a negative internal view of the company future.
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Unity went IPO 3 years ago, and last year received $1 billion+ from venture capitalist investors.
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Most companies end their fiscal year in February. The beginning of this change is January 1st. All of this tells me a couple things. This decision was made almost entirely for short term profit. It is intended to pay back the investors. It is intended to do so with a “windfall” of income right before the end of the fiscal year, so that this year looks more successful for the company. The leadership of the company intends to cut and run after. This is everything that has been wrong with capitalism in the creative industry over the last few years, and with companies in general. This is short term greed with exactly no thought to their future. This is what happens when all you care about is making your next fiscal quarter look better than it did last year.
