Why Solo Developers Should Use Unreal

For the record guys, I'm sticking with Unity! But it's good to know the reasons why Unreal can be used as well! 
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3:18 Look at all those locks on the door. Is this guy living in the hood?

Unreal Engine: Where progress and performance go to die.

For 3D games*

I have a question
If this people have a several years of experience in games developing
Why didn't they be hired in a games industry company??
This is wired , please I need answers

The main difference between C++ and Blueprints is the end performance.
Blueprints is a visual way to write C++ but they require the Unreal Engine "Compiler" to convert that code into C++
A compiler is like google translate but from a programming language to another
Your computer don't understand C++ nor Blueprints. In fact, after everything is translated into C++ another "Compiler" translates it into BOOL that is a a long number made of 0 and 1 and this is the only language your computer can understand.
In conclusion, writing in Blueprints you force your system to translate everything 2 times while using directly C++ it does this only once. So big studios that make AAA games where even 1% of performance have an impact they tend to stick to C++, but if you don't have to build a game huge like AC Valhalla alone you can stick to Blueprints.
Also, Unreal Engine get optimized each month to the point that codding in Blueprints has not much of a performance issue compared to its early stages.

4:39 Game name please ?

Why not use unreal ? documentation and tutorials are crap

Without programming it's no fun

I've participated in 3 game jams with no coding background and now working on a long-term project of my own.
I've used Unity a lot in the past but switched to Unreal in 2024 (not just due to the whole runtime fee thing) and have just finished my recent game solo with Unreal.

I have some thoughts about this 2 engine:

For Unreal Engine

1. Unreal is great, but as an indie developer, you might not need (or not be able to utilize) thoughts fancy feature.

2. Coding is hard, but not that hard, especially with the help of AI. I love blueprint, but I'm actually thinking blueprint is getting a little bit awkward due to the bad integration of AI
coding. (I can use AI for C++ sure, but I suggest not).
3. If you are into game jams, the lack of WebGL exportation in Unreal is concerning (There are workarounds, but complicate). Mostly bad for marketing.

For Unity
1. The company sucks, which means you don't know what will happen in the future to the community.
2. UE marketplace is actually better asset-wise. Unity market has better plug-ins and frameworks (yes I'm talking about more mountain). But relying on in-game / runtime plugins are not so comfortable for me. I would prefer editor tools a lot.

I'm sticking to Unreal because:
1. Changing engine wastes time. A lot, even just for your next project.
2. My dev buddy use Unreal more. For sure I believe he knows how to use Unity, but check term 1.
In the end, I would literally miss the other one anyway if I switch. So it's really hard choice.