I can't see as anybody won here. Bethesda: Despite their rhetoric, this still strikes me as greed on their part. If they really wanted people to make a living from mods, they should have taken a token cut of the proceeds. I for one will not be so eager to buy the next Bethesda title. Mod Authors: Seem to have been the sacrificial lambs on this experiment at future monetisation routes. Users: Files are being pulled down here daily now by modders. What ever title Bethesda release in the future, I can't see the modders here, who have pulled down their files, supporting it. The Nexus: For all the above reasons. Skyrim: My beautiful escapist world of Skyrim, now seems not so sullied by the real world.