Mods for money hold a number of interesting possibilities and challenges for the community, Bethesda and Valve. I haven't read the entire thread, so I'm sorry if some of this has already been mentioned and discussed. Assuming that Bethesda would get a big share of the income, it would mean that the Creation Kit would be a product that would directly generate income for Bethesda (the current income is indirect and likely difficult to quantify). Thus, one could expect that support for it would be a lot better. It may even mean that Bethesda would also provide tools to help with configurable mods and troubleshooting of mod interaction - yes, one can dream :-) If some modders could make modding their day job, it would mean that their mods would finish faster and likely be more polished. I also see a number of challenges: * Distribution of income: Compared to Apple's App Store and Google Play, Valve taking 75 % (maybe shared with the game publisher), leaves precious little to the modder. I suspect that shortly after Bethesda allows modding for money, Valve will either have to give better terms for modders, or we will see a number of other mod stores out there. Given the revenue, I would not be surprised to see Amazon or other large players trying to get their foot in. * There are a lot of modding utilities out there: TES Edit, Bash, LOOT, Script Extender to name but a few. Will they continue to be independent, come at a cost or be integrated into the official creation kit? * Legalism: At the moment, some modders have some sort of license associated with their mods, others do not, presumably because they either don't care or it didn't occur to them. However, the basic assumption is that mods cannot be sold. If that changes, I fear that we will start to see mods with a lot less permissive licenses, and that modders may be a lot more reluctant and reserved towards sharing their resources. This may in turn make new modders reluctant to share their work. It will be a significant community effort to avoid that. Either way, I am sure that the community will manage to survive and prosper.