Unity Software (U): Huge Problems, Negative Outlook, Big Changes Required
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There's a lot of context behind Unity's recent run-time fees and the big changes they rolled out on pricing. Find out more about Unity's business, issues & problems, and future outlook. OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro 0:52 High-level overview of Unity’s business: 1. Create and 2. Grow 5:40 Financials overview: Create vs. Grow, revenue growth, impact from Ironsource 12:04 The new world requires a different management approach & dollar-based net expansion rate 21:30 The Unity China business - context behind JV 25:38 Unity management’s egregious stock-based compensation (SBC) 34:44 Overview of Unity M&A activity 38:40 Unity Run-time fees/pricing changes discussion 42:48 Understanding the historical context behind the Unity pricing changes 46:18 Impact of pricing changes to Unity’s business 52:30 Winners & losers 54:18 Applovin impact 55:27 Future outlook for Unity 1:05:43 Final words: Change or die! 👇 EPISODE LINKS: - JK's podcast on Twitter:    • Speculative Bull Case for Twitter: So...   - Matthew Kanterman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-k... - Joseph Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/ - Brian Peganoff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-peg... SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: - Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i - Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/ 😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! — • MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 • TWITTER → @jokim1 • LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/ — POPULAR CONTENT — 🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney    • Economy of the Metaverse | Fortnite C...   ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies    • Building the Amazon of Game Companies...   🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021    • Mobile Gaming Trends in 2021 | Joe Ki...   🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming    • Future of PC Gaming | David Brevik, S...   🔴 Games Industry M&A    • Games Industry M&A: Keys to Success w...   🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games    • Netcode for Multiplayer Games | Glenn...   🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact    • Apple IDFA Deprecation: Product & Too...   🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score    • Trip Hawkins | The New High Score (Pa...   🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices    • LiveOps - F2P Sales Best Practices 2020   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamemakers/message
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