Unity Enters the DTC Race and HoYoverse's Next Big Game
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Unity's Entry into DTC
One of this year's biggest industry trends has been regulation and direct-to-consumer sales. Unity has now entered the DTC game with cross-platform "unified digital stores".
As previously discussed, publishers have already been making significant revenue from web stores. Unity's move comes just ahead of the US Google Play store opening up to alternative payments, unless the Supreme Court grants a stay.
Unity gets into DTC with cross-platform "unified digital stores"
Author's summary: Unity joins the DTC market with a new cross-platform store.